Britain fines Russia's RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and Syria

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles of Russian state-controlled broadcaster Russia Today (RT) are seen near the Red Square in central Moscow, Russia June 15, 2018. Picture taken June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's media regulator fined Russia's RT 200,000 pounds for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, the policies of Ukraine and the conflict in Syria.

Relations between London and Moscow sank to a post-Cold War low over the 2018 poisoning of Skripal, a mole who betrayed hundreds of Russian agents to Britain's MI6 foreign spy service. Britain blamed that attack on Russia which denied involvement.