The main building of the Russian Embassy in the UKLONDON, Mar 18British media regulator Ofcom, which revoked RT's license, should also investigate complaints against British media, the Russian embassy in London said. The channel said there was no doubt that Ofcom's decision was political: «in the UK they were looking for a formal reason to close RT, but they tried to maintain the appearance of freedom of speech,» and «now the masks have been dropped.»
YouTube could soon be blocked in Russia, a source said»If Ofcom is really concerned about the number of complaints against RT, it should be consistent in its decision-making and carefully investigate the numerous complaints against state-sponsored media in the UK, for example, the BBC and possibly also consider revoking the license,» the diplomatic mission said on Twitter. Earlier, the permanent representatives of the EU countries approved a ban on Sputnik and RT broadcasting in the EU. This decision was condemned in many foreign media. Earlier, the blocking of the work of a number of Russian media in the EU was announced by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, as one of the sanctions measures in connection with the special operation carried out by Russia to demilitarize Ukraine. Von der Leyen said the ban will include RT, Sputnik and their subsidiaries. TikTok and Instagram accounts of these Russian media outlets have already stopped working in the EU, Meta will generally restrict access to them in the EU.Norway says EU decision on RT and Sputnik raises questions Later it became known that Sputnik and RT's TikTok accounts were also blocked in the EU countries. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that Moscow did not expect the West to impose sanctions on journalists, athletes, and cultural figures. The head of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, Valery Fadeev, sent an appeal to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, and urged her to take measures to comply with the norms relating to freedom of the press, due to the harassment of Russian-language publications. The situation with the Russian media in the West in recent years has become everything is more difficult. In November 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution stating the need to counter the Russian media, with Sputnik and RT named as the main threats in the document. A number of Western politicians, including US senators and congressmen, as well as the President of France, accused Sputnik and RT of interfering in the elections in the US and France, but did not provide any evidence. Official Russian representatives called such statements unsubstantiated.
