Russia's state-sponsored television network RT was already at risk of losing its UK license over coverage of the Salisbury nerve agent attack. An interview with the prime suspects leaves it skating on even thinner ice.
Moscow has threatened to ban all British media from Russia if its state-backed television network RT is pulled off the airwaves in the UK.
The shock U.K. election result has increased the risk that 21st Century Fox's planned takeover of broadcaster Sky could be scuppered by political opposition.
