'Politicians should stay out of banning Russian channel RT'

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Journalist Robert Taylor says, despite being a “hardliner” on Russia and “in favour of the harshest sanctions”, he doesn’t believe Russian state media channel RT should be banned in the UK for political reasons.

TV watchdog Ofcom has launched 15 investigations into the “due impartiality” of programmes on news channel RT, it has announced.

The UK regulator said it had “observed a significant increase in the number of programmes on the RT service that warrant investigation” under its Broadcasting Code.

The investigations relate to 15 editions of the hourly news programme broadcast on February 27 between 5am and 7pm, they confirmed.

Ofcom said it expects “full co-operation” during the inquiry into RT, previously known as Russia Today.