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Kremlin queries legality of decision to take RT TV channel off air in Washington

By REUTERS
March 31, 2018

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Friday it was studying a move by cable and digital TV providers in the United States to take Russia’s RT TV channel off the air in Washington, saying the move looked illegal and discriminatory. US intelligence agencies have called Kremlin-backed RT “Russia’s state-run propaganda machine” and accused it of contributing to Moscow’s campaign to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election, something Russia denies. The US Department of Justice forced RT to register as “a foreign agent” in November last year, a designation that requires it to disclose financial information. Margarita Simonyan, RT’s editor-in-chief, said on Thursday evening on social media that the channel was being “kicked off the air” in Washington because of its status as “a foreign agent. “Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters on Friday that lawyers were examining the case.—Reuters