Ofcom has fined a Russian news service £200,000 for "a serious breach" of impartiality rules in several news and current affairs programmes.
The broadcasting regulator said RT's breaches included reports on the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury and the Syria conflict.
Ofcom has instructed RT, formerly Russia Today, to broadcast a summary of its findings.
The Kremlin-funded broadcaster called the fine "disproportionate".
The alleged breaches occurred in seven programmes broadcast between March and April 2018, an investigation by the regulator found in December.
The programmes were mostly in relation to major matters of political controversy including the Ukrainian Government's position on Nazism and its treatment of Roma Gypsies.
Two of the seven programmes featured former MP George Galloway.
Ofcom said: "RT's failings were a serious breach of our due impartiality rules, which protect public trust in news and other programmes," adding RT's breaches represented serious and repeated failures of compliance with its rules.
The broadcasting regulator said RT's breaches included reports on the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury and the Syria conflict.
Ofcom has instructed RT, formerly Russia Today, to broadcast a summary of its findings.
The Kremlin-funded broadcaster called the fine "disproportionate".
The alleged breaches occurred in seven programmes broadcast between March and April 2018, an investigation by the regulator found in December.
The programmes were mostly in relation to major matters of political controversy including the Ukrainian Government's position on Nazism and its treatment of Roma Gypsies.
Two of the seven programmes featured former MP George Galloway.
Ofcom said: "RT's failings were a serious breach of our due impartiality rules, which protect public trust in news and other programmes," adding RT's breaches represented serious and repeated failures of compliance with its rules.