WASHINGTON — Broadcast reporters for Russian state-funded TV channel RT will no longer be able to report daily from the U.S. Capitol. A committee that governs Capitol Hill access for broadcast journalists has withdrawn credentials for RT after the company complied earlier this month with a U.S. demand that it register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The new rules require disclosures to the Russian government and are seen as stigmatizing the news outlets as promoters of American propaganda. In Washington, C-SPAN’s Craig Caplan informed RT that its credentials were being withdrawn after a unanimous vote of the executive committee of the Congressional Radio and Television Correspondents’ Galleries. But the pressure on RT has angered Russian officials, who have said they will retaliate with restrictions on U.S. news outlets.

Source: National Post November 29, 2017 22:07 UTC