Russia warns of blocking YouTube over platform’s suspension of RT TV’s German channel

Russia on Wednesday said that the country would partially or fully block access to popular video streaming platform YouTube after the platform had suspended the Russian state-funded broadcaster RT’s German channel from its website. The Kremlin said that the decision by YouTube to suspend RT’s German channel was a breach of Russian law, according to several news reports.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called YouTube’s action as “censorship” and also said that the Russian laws were “grossly violated” by the suspension. “There are signs that the laws of the Russian Federation have been violated, and violated very grossly.