The Barclay Bank?s changed the wording on the action with a score of MIA " Russia today "
British Bank Barclay?s officially revealed that froze and not closed the account of the London mission of the MIA " Russia Today ".
"according to the instruction 3 in Ukraine (financial penalties in the European Union) account of the "Russia Today" was frozen. The information available to Barclay "s now, convinces us that Dmitry Kiselev, the person referred to in the British regulations, controls the company, holding the position of General Director of" Russia Today ", - RIA "news" the message of the Bank.
"On this basis, We have no alternative but to apply the restrictive measures in Accordance with British legislation," added the organization. Barclay " s emphasizes that in order to restore the possibility of making payments from the account and the account of representation of special license of the UK Treasury." We are sorry that we can't recover your account as long as long as such license will not be issued, punishment with Mr. Kiselyov will be removed, or We get confirmation from the UK Treasury that "Russia Today" is not controlled by Mr Kiselyov ", - informs the Bank. Remember, it was declared that through the mission of the MIA "Russia Today" Barclay Bank " s in the UK July 8, was closed in the sole, due to the sanctions measures of the British Treasury. Access to information on it is prohibited. It was noted that the UK Treasury has made to the list of persons subject to financial penalties, the General Director of "Russia Today" Dmitry Kiselev, because of what MIA could be subject to financial limits. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation asked in a persistent form from the British authorities to explain the closure of the account MIA " Russia Today "." The Russian side has requested the British authorities to urgently clarify the circumstances of the closure of the accounts offices of the state news Agency Russia ? MIA "Russia Today" ? Barclay Bank " s London ", ? reported in the report of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Explaining the incident, the General Director of MIA "Russia Today" Dmitry Kiselyov also said that the closure of the accounts of the Agency's representative offices in the Bank Barclay " s in the UK ? censorship and direct interference with the work of correspondents.
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