RT

RT (formerly Russia Today) is a Russian state owned news channel owned and funded by the Russian Government, and there are coverage of various topics on the news. There are many countries covered in the channel's content which is different from than country specific news, and there are also news in YouTube Shorts format which is different than most news channel. https://web.archive.org/web/20211101022909/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg
There are also channel banner that updates based on the views on the entire channel,https://web.archive.org/web/20191227082401/https://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday/videos?disable_polymer=1https://web.archive.org/web/20220315155430/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg and they claim to have the highest numbers of the channel views on a news channel. The playlists on the channel name cover various trending current topics,https://web.archive.org/web/20211101022909/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg and there are also mini-documentaries as well in a playlist.https://web.archive.org/web/20220116001323mp_/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPszygYHA9K3wyb5x6KJPK2onhSw0Nl84
==YouTube bans==
===RT DE===
The German channel of RT, RT DE, was originally given a strike for COVID-19 misinformation. RT later tried to evade this using another channel, leading to them both being terminated.. A channel named "RT auf Sendung" (RT on Air) was also terminated after launch.
===Demonetization===
On February 26, 2022, all RT channels were demonetized due to the .
===Shutdown===
The channel's content and channel are inaccessible across YouTube with the error of being unable to be viewed in your country.https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220312-youtube-blocks-russian-state-funded-media-including-rt-and-sputnik-around-the-worldhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/3/1/22956114/youtube-blocks-russian-media-rt-russia-today-sputnik-europe However, the content might be visible in Russia, and the WayBack Machine might have some of the channel's content. For other social media platforms such as Twitter, there is a mention of Odysee.https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1503294927324725254https://web.archive.org/web/20220316063051/https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1503294927324725254
===Deactivation===
On May 4, 2023, the channel was deactivated. However, the channel is available in certain countries, but all of their videos are hidden from every country.https://polsy.org.uk/stuff/ytrestrict.cgi?agreed=on&ytid=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2F6EfucXa9iyE
==References==
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