Moscow, escalating tensions with London, investigates British media


  • World
  • Wednesday, 23 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin -/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia announced on Wednesday it had begun analysing the output of British media working on its territory with a view to opening formal investigations into its objectivity, a response to what it called British attempts to curb Russian media.

Moscow said it was acting reluctantly after a decision by Britain's media regulator on Monday to open a further three investigations into Russia's RT to determine whether the Kremlin-backed TV channel had breached impartiality rules in its reporting.

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