The Russian state-run news channel RT has had all of its U.K. bank accounts frozen, its editor-in-chief announced Monday on Twitter.
“They’ve closed our accounts in Britain. All accounts. ‘The decision is not subject to review.’ Praise be to freedom of speech,” Margarita Simonyan, head of RT tweeted. A press officer at RT confirmed to Newsweek that the accounts had been closed.
According to Simonyan, the entire Royal Bank of Scotland Group, of which NatWest is part, had sent a letter notifying RT that it was refusing to serve the broadcaster.
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Source: Newsweek
