Russian-backed RT channel to lose Sky TV slot in UK within 24 hours
by Lisa O'Carroll and Jim Waterson from on (#5WN4M)
Move will come as a result of EU sanctions set to be officially approved on Tuesday night
The Russian state-backed television channel RT is set to disappear from Sky TV in the UK within the next 24 hours, irrespective of the outcome of an investigation by the media regulator Ofcom into its coverage of the war in Ukraine.
The plug will be pulled as a result of European Union sanctions, which will target the company used to broadcast RT across the continent.
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