UK's media watchdog considers action against RT over rule violation

Britain's media regulator Ofcom said Russian broadcaster RT had broken impartiality rules in news and current affairs programmes aired in March and April, including coverage of the poisoning of former-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

"Taken together, the seven breaches represent a serious failure of compliance with our broadcasting rules," Ofcom said on Thursday. "We have told RT that we are minded to consider imposing a statutory sanction."

RT said it was "extremely disappointed" by Ofcom's conclusions and would decide its next steps shortly.