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The Guardian: Russia’s RT and Sputnik barred from UK conference on media freedom

Published July 9, 2019 at 9:24 am

A handout picture taken on Fisherton Road in Salisbury, west of London on March 4, 2018, and released by the British Metropolitan Police Service in London on Sept. 5, 2018, shows Alexander Petrov (R) and Ruslan Boshirov, who are wanted by British police in connection with the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.

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Russia’s RT and Sputnik news organizations have been banned by the Foreign Office from attending a global conference on media freedom in London because of their “active role in spreading disinformation”.

Some 60 ministers and 1,000 journalists and members of civil society are expected to attend the meeting, co-hosted with Canada, on July 10 and July 11.