The US arm of Russian state-backed media company RT is effectively being shut down, CNN has reported.
NN said Washington-based production company T&R Productions executive director Misha Solodovnikov said in a note to employees that it was halting production due to “unforeseen business disruptions.”
He said most employees will be laid off permanently.
RT America has been constantly sidelined in the US.
The channel has been discontinued in the US (SOPA Images Limited/Alamy)
Satellite TV company DirecTV dropped the channel on March 1, ahead of a deal that was due to expire later this year.
Dish, who also wore the network, did not respond to questions. Other major cable companies had removed the channel a few years ago.
RT America’s YouTube channel remains live with 1.2 million subscribers.
The US Department of Justice required RT’s US operations to register as a foreign agent in 2017, angering the Russian leadership.
US intelligence agencies said RT acted as propaganda for the Kremlin.
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This did not restrict the channel’s content, but it did mean that it had to disclose its funding and label its content.
https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-news/russia-backed-rt-america-to-cease-production-reports-claim-41410461.html Russia-backed RT America is reportedly set to halt production