“Many intelligence officials are likely to dream of shutting down RT, Ruptly and Redfish.

Perhaps they even fantasize about creating their own British counterparts designed for the civil society of Russia and China, ”the publication says.

In July 2019, the UK Foreign Office did not issue accreditation to RT for a conference on media freedom.

As a Foreign Office spokesman explained, RT and Sputnik were not accredited "because of their active participation in spreading disinformation."

Then the Kremlin called this situation a clear manifestation of absurdity.

In addition, producer Ruptly asked former British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt what he thought about not allowing RT to attend the conference.

He replied that "this is not about freedom."