Kremlin-funded television network RT said yesterday that Britain’s NatWest bank is closing all its accounts in a unilateral decision that Moscow decried as politically motivated.
“They have closed our accounts in Britain. All the accounts,” wrote RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan on Twitter.
She later said that NatWest has not blocked RT’s access to the accounts and it can still withdraw its funds.
Simonyan told Tass state news agency that “we consider this decision to be absolutely political”.
The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement that it would “demand the British authorities explain the situation”.
It suggested this could be “an act agreed with official …read more
Source: Gulf times
