Luxembourg refused to grant a license to the Russian state TV channel RT for German-language broadcasting in the country.

It is reported by "

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It is noted that the broadcaster has an office in Germany, and a significant part of the personnel employed in the field of audiovisual media services work in Germany, therefore "

The Kremlin-controlled broadcaster RT, formerly known as Russia Today, applied for a satellite broadcasting license in Luxembourg in June to circumvent German rules prohibiting the granting of licenses to state-owned foreign media..

" It decided that it has no territorial competence, given that all RT resources are located in Berlin, "