We are looking at what can be done with RT, but if we ban RT in the United Kingdom, that is likely to lead to channels such as the BBC being banned in Russia, and we want the Russian population to hear the truth about what Vladimir Putin is doing. There is a careful judgment to be made, and that is something the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is looking at.
Sanctions
Proceeding contribution from
Elizabeth Truss
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 28 February 2022.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Sanctions.
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2021-22
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2022-03-07 11:44:22 +0000
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