Arab World Sees Crackdown on RT as Admission of Role Russian Media Plays ‘Conveying Truth to People’

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from Sputnik News:

The State Department has leveled fresh accusations against RT, claiming the Russian broadcaster is linked to Russian intel and engaged in a global influence operation. Journalists from the Arab World told Sputnik about the real reasons for the crackdown.
“You’ve asked questions for months and months about the Global South, and why there’s not more support for Ukraine in this part of the Middle East or that part of Latin America or this part of Africa,” US State Department Global Engagement Center director James Rubin told reporters at a briefing in Washington on Friday as the US government rolled out fresh allegations and restrictions against the Russian foreign language broadcaster.

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“One of the reasons why so much of the world has not been as fully supportive of Ukraine as you would think they would be…is because of the broad scope and reach of RT, where propaganda, disinformation and lies are spread to millions if not billions of people around the world,” Rubin said, complaining about Russian media’s global reach and ability to get alternative viewpoints across.

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