Russia Today

RT UK is having their Natwest bank accounts frozen.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/17/russia-todays-uk-bank-accounts-frozen-says-editor?CMP=fb_gu

The banks here will normally send a letter like this if the tiniest hint of fraud is detected, hence why they won't discuss the matter anymore as that could be deemed as "tipping off" which is a jailable offence.

Thing is, by broadcasting this to all and sundry it will make it almost impossible to open a new UK account elsewhere....

Love their coverage right now - complaining that free speech has ended. That's rich of them!!! Mr Putin undoubtedly shuffling dodgy cash around...

Wonder what implications this has for those working at RT in London? Will they and their suppliers get paid while there's no UK bank account?

Are there many UK staff? I thought most of it came from Moscow, apart from the sam delaney show and a few others.

They have their own article on it.

https://www.rt.com/op-edge/363050-rt-bank-accounts-blocked/

They do news bulletins for the UK every evening so I'd have thought they'd need a fair few people.

The letter states that their account is being closed in December, so basically two months to find a new bank. If not, I suspect staff may get paid direct from Moscow or D.C.

Margarita Simonyan went on RT, which is a first and didn't use any of the sarcastic diatribes she's used in the past.

RBS system crashed at the weekend... coincidence ?

The Scotsman is now reporting that RT is have made this whole thing up! RBS have stated that RT's account remain open and the latter refers to a supplier to RT and not RT directly....

Hmmmmmm

Mail reports Natwest has bottled it and is reviewing the situation.

RT's UK news director caught posting a pile of Islamophobic social media posts. Quelle surprise.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/rt-online-comments?utm_term=.ywma0rY21#.due6mgOro

Turns out Buzzfeed got the two different "News Director" roles mixed up... The bloke in question is a gallery director who directs news bulletins for RT, not the Director of News (which would be a far more senior role), which in the US may also be called "News Director" in smaller stations.