Banned in Europe, Kremlin-Backed RT Channel Turns to Africa
- RT setting up an Africa English language hub in South Africa
- An earlier African plan had focused on a Nairobi office
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RT, the Kremlin-backed TV network formerly called Russia Today, is setting up its first Africa bureau as President Vladimir Putin seeks to entrench support in a continent that’s largely refrained from criticizing his invasion of Ukraine.
The company said in a response to a query that it’s “currently focused on developing our English-language Africa hub in South Africa,” which will be headed up by Paula Slier, a South African broadcaster who ran RT’s Jerusalem bureau.