The British media authority Ofcom has revoked the broadcasting license of the Russian channel RT with immediate effect.
Since the EU sanctions were imposed on the Kremlin-paid license holder ANO TV Nowosti in early March, the Kremlin-financed channel can no longer be received in Great Britain because the feed was made via satellite providers in Luxembourg (SES) and France (Eutelsat).
In this respect, the ban has a more symbolic character.
Gina Thomas
Features correspondent based in London.
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Ofcom cited 29 investigations into possible violations of the objectivity of reporting on what RT called a "peacekeeping mission" by the Russians.
In view of this, the authority examined separately whether ANO TV Nowosti was suitable for holding a license.
The new Russian laws criminalizing free reporting were just as important as the fact that RT is financed by a state that has invaded a sovereign country.
Ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes called freedom of expression "something we protect vigorously in this country and the bar for action against broadcasting organizations is rightly set very high".
However, the independent regulatory process revealed that RT was not suitable for a UK licence.
The online offer is not affected by the ban.
Ofcom only regulates broadcasting.
Culture Minister Nadine Dorries told the House of Commons in early March that the government had implored the Meta and TikTok companies to stop making RT content accessible.
She hopes that "Putin's dirty propaganda machine" will never return to British screens.
The Guardian reported that the company that creates RT's UK content is in the process of being wound up.
The studios in London were just being cleared.