European court upholds broadcasting ban on Russia’s RT

The network had argued in its application for annulment that the sanctions were discriminatory on the basis of nationality [File: Gleb Garanich/Reuters]

A top European Union court has upheld a broadcast ban imposed on state-owned channel Russia Today (RT) as part of the bloc’s sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

The judgement by the Luxembourg-based General Court on Wednesday threw out an appeal against the ban, which the EU imposed over accusations that the network spreads disinformation.