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RT cries "freedom of speech" because one(!) british bank doesn't want them as customer
https://www.rt.com/news/363013-rt-uk-accounts-blocked/The Royal Bank of Scotland Group no longer wants "Russia Today UK" as a customer. The bank-account will be shut down in a multi-step process that ends in December.
And because of that, RT styles itself as a victim of the british government (fact-free accusation) and how they cannot do banking anywhere in the UK (which is obviously false: they could go to a different bank).
A russian foreign ministry spokesperson lambasted the UK for abandoning freedom of speech.
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Should I bring up the russian emails (sent to the german news-magazine Frontal21 by a whistleblower) which detail to the ukrainian separatists which news-organizations are okay and which shall be denied access?
I would love to bring it up, but that would make Russia look like a hypocrite for selecting which news-outlets may report on Eastern Ukraine and which may not. You know, doing the opposite of "freedom of speech".