Posted on 10/17/2016 9:02:58 AM PDT by Lorianne
NatWest bank has frozen the accounts of Russia's state-run broadcaster RT, its editor-in-chief says.
Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!"
An MP from Russia's ruling party has said the country's Parliament will "demand an explanation" from the UK.
RT says the bank gave no explanation for its decision.
It said the entire Royal Bank of Scotland Group, of which NatWest is part, was refusing to service RT.
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Looks like the UK has joined Obama for his war with Russia. It will be a world war.
MSM is terrified of new media
I know Max Keiser of the Keiser Report (broadcast on RT from London) has been hammering RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland) for weeks now and exposing their shady dealings.
This could be one reason.
” 82 percent of Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares are now owned by the UK government” so, essentially nationalized I believe in 2011
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