BBC's Russian Service Off Air

Categories: News | Politics
  • Vladimir Putin announced that the local FM transmission of the BBC Russian Service would be taken taken off air for being “foreign propaganda”.

    Fast Facts

    1. BBC broadcasts were jammed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War
    2. Viewed as another crisis in Russia’s strained relations with Britain
    3. Measure was seen as the latest punitive action by Moscow in the row between Britain and Russia over the murder in November 2007 of Alexander Litvinenko
    4. After Russia refused to extradite a suspect Britain expelled Russian diplomats and Russia responded with similar measures

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