Which EU members imposed partial restrictions on RT instead of full bans and what measures did they use?
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Executive summary
Available sources in the provided set do not list which EU member states imposed partial restrictions on RT (formerly Russia Today) or describe the measures they used; those specific details are not mentioned in the documents supplied (available sources do not mention which members or what measures). The material supplied focuses on recent EU regulations, sanctions packaging and Council/Commission agendas rather than national broadcasting restrictions (for example, EU amendments to sanctions and Council agendas are documented in EUR-Lex and Consilium items) [1] [2].
1. Why your question can’t be answered from the supplied material
None of the supplied items in the search results explicitly name EU member states that imposed “partial” restrictions on RT or outline the content of those measures. The results are dominated by EU regulations and calendar items — for example, EU amending regulations on restrictive measures relating to Russia appear in EUR-Lex [1] and [3], and the EU Council and Commission agendas are listed on Consilium [2] — but they do not report on member-state-level broadcasting decisions concerning RT. Therefore any specific list of countries and steps taken would require sources beyond the set you provided (available sources do not mention which members or what measures) [1] [2].
2. What the supplied sources do cover about EU action on Russia and media-relevant rules
The supplied EUR-Lex documents show the EU has been actively amending sanction and restrictive-measure frameworks related to Russia, including multiple Council Regulations in 2025 that change the legal instruments governing restrictive measures [1] [3]. Those instruments set the EU-wide legal context in which national measures and media-related restrictions — if taken — would sit; but the texts shown in the search snippets do not reference RT or national broadcasting bans specifically [1] [3].
3. Why national "partial restrictions" typically happen and what forms they take — context, not sourced specifics
When EU member states avoid outright bans and instead impose “partial” restrictions on a broadcaster, governments commonly use measures such as: revoking or suspending broadcast licences; ordering removal of certain programmes from linear TV or cable platforms; blocking websites or ordering social platforms to remove specific channels; restricting advertising or distribution; and targeted sanctions against legal entities or individuals linked to the outlet. The supplied materials, however, do not document any of these steps in relation to RT at member-state level, so these are general contextual examples rather than claims about actions by specific EU states (available sources do not mention member-level broadcasting measures) [1].
4. What to look for in reliable reporting or official records to answer your question
To answer definitively which EU members imposed partial restrictions on RT and which measures they used, seek: (a) national regulator decisions (communications authorities’ rulings) or government press releases; (b) platform notices from telecom or streaming services operating in those countries; (c) Council of the EU or European Commission statements if measures were coordinated; and (d) coverage by reputable international press organisations listing national measures. The EUR-Lex entries and Council forward look in your results show where EU-level legal changes are recorded, but national regulatory orders are typically published in member states’ regulator bulletins rather than in the EU’s legislative compilations [1] [2].
5. Conflicting narratives and potential agendas to watch
When researching RT-related restrictions, expect competing framings: governments and regulators tend to present restrictions as security, disinformation or public-order measures; outlets aligned with Russia present them as censorship or politically motivated targeting. Your supplied Russian mission commentary illustrates that Moscow frames EU restrictions as hostile economic or political actions [4]. Any journalistic reconstruction must make clear which side a source represents and whether a national measure stemmed from an independent regulator decision, court ruling or political executive order [4].
6. Practical next steps and recommended sources
I recommend consulting: national communications regulators (Ofcom, ARCOM, CSA equivalents), official government press releases from member states, major wire services (Reuters, AP), and the EU’s consolidated acts on EUR-Lex for any EU-level media sanctions. The supplied EUR-Lex documents and Council calendar are useful background on the EU’s legal and political timeline but do not answer the country-by-country question you asked [1] [2].
Limitations: this analysis uses only the documents you provided and therefore cannot assert which EU members applied partial RT restrictions or describe their measures because those specifics are not found in the supplied material (available sources do not mention these details).