The media regulator cited the fact the channel was funded by a state which has recently invaded a neighbouring country but RT said the decision showed Ofcom was "nothing more than a tool of government".
Highlights
- Russia Today has had its licence to broadcast in the UK revoked with immediate effect.
- Ofcom said it did not consider the channel “fit and proper” or a “responsible broadcaster” It cited the fact that the news channel was funded by the Russian state which has recently invaded a neighbouring country.
- The Kremlin spokesman said: “This is a continuation of the madness which is going on in America and Europe - it is anti-Russian madness” Boris Johnson has said that if he had the power to ban the channel he would as it is “doing a lot of damage to the truth” Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has labelled it Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “personal propaganda tool”