
France Orders Former RT Chief Deported Over Kremlin Propaganda Claims
Xenia Fedorova has been placed under house arrest and ordered to report to police daily while she appeals the decision.

Xenia Fedorova has been placed under house arrest and ordered to report to police daily while she appeals the decision.

The closure comes after a year-long battle with German regulators and new EU sanctions making financial transactions by the site impossible.

Russia has requested the closure of the local office of the German international radio and television station Deutsche Welle. This is the first time that a Western media has been banned in Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.