The U.K. Is Right to Freeze ‘Russia Today’ Bank Accounts

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/18/the-u-k-is-right-to-freeze-russia-today-bank-accounts.html

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LONDON — The Royal Bank of Scotland Group just sent a powerful message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As of December 12 this year, all British bank accounts belonging to Russia Today— that pro-Kremlin information agency posing as the news channel RT—will be frozen.

In a few simple words NatWest Bank, a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland, informed RT of their irrevocable decision: “We have recently undertaken a review of your banking arrangements with us and reached the conclusion that we will no longer provide these facilities.” The bank insisted it was “not prepared to enter into any discussion” over the decision.

RT’s editor-in-chief, 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!” She also claimed that the personal accounts of some senior staff working in the UK were similarly blocked.

Well, tough luck.

A wingnut tendency has emerged in our politics of late. In the name of “critical thinking” and being “anti-establishment,” populists have been denying and undermining the credibility of most mainstream media outlets.


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