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Its critics accuse it of being a major outlet of propaganda for the Russian government as well as spreading disinformation and conspiracy
theories.The channel has come under increasing pressure from British ministers since President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of
said the regulator had a "facade of independence" but was "nothing more than a tool of government, bending to its media-suppressing
will."She added it had stated "purely political reasons tied directly to the situation in Ukraine" for its decision, which "robbed the UK
public of access to information."Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov meanwhile called the ban a further example of European and American
"anti-Russian madness" eroding freedom of expression."The world is a lot bigger and more complicated than Europe
And RT will continue to make its voice and its point of view heard, for those who want to see and hear it," he added.Ofcom's decision to
revoke RT's license comes amid 29 ongoing investigations by the British media regulator into the "due impartiality of RT's news and current
affairs coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine."The RT channel has been unavailable in the UK since March 2 after the British government
Russia launched an offensive on neighboring Ukraine last month, the state-backed media channel has seen a small exodus of its staff, with at
Thursday, the head of RT's English-language Russia desk Bryan McDonald admitted his news desk "no longer exists."The journalist had earlier
