RT’s global outreach makes it an enemy in the eyes of the West, historian Alexander Markovics has said
The latest barrage of US sanctions against RT is a panic reaction resulting from the West’s slipping grip on the narrative in the global news arena, according to Alexander Markovics, head of the Suworow Institute in Vienna.
The Austrian historian and publicist spoke to RT in an interview on Friday, just hours after the US announced fresh sanctions against the news organization. James Rubin, head of State Department propaganda and intelligence, accused RT earlier in the day of hindering support for Ukraine worldwide.
“One of the reasons… why so much of the world has not been as fully supportive of Ukraine as one might expect… is because of the broad scope and reach of RT,” Rubin claimed.
Markovics noted that the US accuses Russia of what Washington itself is doing globally: “spreading propaganda and disinformation.” Meanwhile, RT…