UK asks regulator to review licence of Russian channel RT - Johnson

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

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has asked the media regulator to review the broadcast licence of Russian news channel RT after the Kremlin recognised two rebel regions of eastern Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries expressed concerns to the media regulator that RT was part of Moscow's information armoury and would spread misleading disinformation about the Ukraine crisis, according to a letter leaked to The Times newspaper.