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Lets not forget that the British Govt banned Russia Today from broadcasting in the UK a few years back. Such is their planning and manipulation of events on the global stage!

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/18/will-ofcoms-de...

Notice a pattern with the British Govt? They get their "independent" depts and businesses to do their dirty work for deniability!

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Russian government literally assassinated or tried to assassinate several people in British territory. That the Russian government's propaganda arm hadn't been given the boot after these spectacular acts of bad faith demonstrates that the UK government perhaps has slightly more dedication to press freedom than you're suggesting.

Indeed, up until 2014 the BBC World Service was literally funded by the Foreign Office.

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