Russian TV Gets Kicked From Canada Airwaves on Ukraine Fury
- Rogers, BCE, Telus stop offering Russia Today to customers
- Channel spreads disinformation, propaganda: State department
A television camera monitor displays Vladimir Putin, Russia's President, during a news conference in Moscow last December.
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Canada’s largest television providers are removing Russia Today from their services after one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ministers said he opposed the state-owned Russian broadcaster’s presence on the nation’s airwaves.
Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. said late Sunday that RT will no longer be available to their customers. The moves came one day after Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the government would look at “all options” for eliminating the Kremlin-controlled channel from the Canadian broadcasting system, amid widespread fury over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.