CANADA.....ROGERS AND BELL TO PULL RUSSIAN STATE CONTROLLED Channel RT...Over Invasion Of RUSSIA

Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada

Rogers and Bell said Sunday they will no longer be carrying Russian state-controlled network RT in their TV channel lineups in the latest action against Russian entities following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bell confirmed it is no longer carrying RT as of Sunday, while Rogers said it will pull TV network on Monday. It was not immediately known if the moves are permanent.

On Sunday, Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez applauded the decisions by the Canadian telecoms, calling RT the "propaganda arm" of Russian President Vladimir Putin "that spreads disinformation."

"It has no place here," Rodriguez said on Twitter.