UK Says Russian Channel RT Is Tool of Kremlin Disinformation

UK Says Russian Channel RT Is Tool of Kremlin Disinformation
Vehicles of Russian state-controlled broadcaster Russia Today (RT) are seen near the Red Square in central Moscow on June 15, 2018. Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Reuters
Updated:

LONDON—Britain accused Russian news channel RT on Wednesday of being a tool of a Kremlin disinformation campaign and asked the UK media regulator to take action if needed after Russia recognized two rebel regions of eastern Ukraine.

Russian officials say RT is a way for Moscow to compete with the dominance of global media companies based in the United States and Britain that Moscow says offer a partial view of the world.