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NatWest, a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, will refuse service to RT:
NatWest bank has frozen the accounts of Russia's state-run broadcaster RT, its editor-in-chief says. Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!"
An MP from Russia's ruling party has said the country's Parliament will "demand an explanation" from the UK. RT says the bank gave no explanation for its decision. It said the entire Royal Bank of Scotland Group, of which NatWest is part, was refusing to service RT.
[...] A letter posted online by the channel appears to show that the freeze is not in effect yet. It warns that banking facilities will be "cancelled and closed" on 12 December. MP Sergei Zheleznyak, from the ruling "United Russia" party, told the privately-owned Interfax news agency: "We will be demanding an explanation from Britain's official authorities in connection with this situation." [...] A member of the Russian parliament's upper house, Igor Morozov, has called for the BBC's bank accounts in Russia to be "arrested" as a reprisal. RT chief Ms Simonyan said the closure included the personal accounts of some senior staff working in the UK.
Unnamed sources in the British Treasury denied involvement and said the decision was made by NatWest itself. The Prime Minister Theresa May's office told reporters that "It's a matter for the bank and it's for them to decide who they offer services to based on their own risk appetite".
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @09:28AM
I go to RT from time to time to get some additional information coverage. Sadly, I can't trust western media to tell me about all the important events in the world.
Such as this for example: https://www.rt.com/news/362037-yemen-blast-strike-killed/ [rt.com]
Didn't read it on my western paper journals websites, didn't hear it on the radio, didn't see it on news shows on television. Only found out after looking at RT for a minute. (Then I ofcourse have to double check with other news sources, it's still RT and getting a one sided view of a important story is a bad idea) http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/yemen-blasts-hit-event-attended-jalal-al-ruweishan-161008141316494.html [aljazeera.com]
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @02:24PM
You are quite the dope. Using this thing called "the Internet", I can find that story all over Reuters, the AP, NBC News, etc., etc., etc.
If it doen't pop right up in front of your face, it is not being covered? Are you fucking serious?? Don't blame your laziness on media incompetence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @01:06AM
> Didn't read it on my western paper journals websites, didn't hear it on the radio, didn't see it on news shows on television.
Are you kidding? That shit was all over NPR, PBS Newshour, CBS streaming news and news.google.com. I know because those are the places I check.