FILE PHOTO: A man talks on a mobile phone inside the BBC headquarters in London, Britain November 21, 2008. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/File Photo
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's media regulator said on Friday it had launched an investigation into the activities of British public broadcaster the BBC, a move it described as a response to pressure being put on a Russian TV channel in Britain.
Roskomnadzor, the regulator, said in a statement it was looking into the activities of the BBC World News channel and BBC internet sites to see if they complied with Russian law.
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