RT is banned in Europe.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources show RT was banned across the EU in 2022 and that national bans followed in Germany, France, the UK and the Baltics, so 'banned in Europe' holds as a legal claim as of 2026-10-01.
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What was said
… It's liberalism in power. That's exactly what the Soviets are trying to do. It's exactly what the U.S. Is doing now in a different way, but but using the same kind of institutions, all this top-down stuff. And in the meantime, the media totally controlled. Pro-Russian sources are totally banned in in Europe. I think, you know, you can't get RT in Europe now, or including in sympathetic states like like Bulgaria. The U.S is you ever wonder where the anti-war movement went? Remember the anti-Nuke movements in the '80s? Where are they? The U.S. Is now bringing nuclear weapons, and has been, into Romania, another place, Poland, without a peep of protest. …
The Pete Quiñones Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reports that in 2022 RT France was banned, along with numerous other Russian state-backed media, across the European Union.[1]
Supports. Britannica states that after the 2022 invasion RT's broadcasts were banned in Germany and France, its UK license was revoked, and the EU banned RT content on major platforms within its borders.[2]
Supports. A Berlin Administrative Court ruling of 30 June 2026, reported 30 September 2026, held the 2022 German ban on RT DE lawful, with transmission banned since 2022.[3]
Contradicts. An ISD report published 1 November 2026, after the post date, says banned Russian state media sites remain accessible in the overwhelming majority of EU cases, so the post's 'can't get RT' is an overstatement of enforcement.[4]
Context. RFE/RL reported in 2024 that RT and Sputnik websites were reachable from EU buildings without circumvention tools, showing that the bans were not fully enforced.[5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 not rated
- 1France issues deportation order for Russian media ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2RT | Russia Today, Propaganda, Vladimir Putin, Disinformation ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3[DE] Berlin Administrative Court confirms lawfulness of media ...merlin.obs.coe.int · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Banned Russian media sites 'still accessible' across EUthedailystar.net · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Two Years Into EU Ban, Russia's RT And Sputnik Are Still Accessible ...rferl.org · not rated · cited for: context
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