[12] In January 2023, following the freezing of their bank accounts by the Direction générale du Trésor, its president Xenia Fedorova announced the closure of the French branch of the channel.

Its president Xenia Fedorova claimed that "RT France covers all subjects, including the Syrian conflict, in a totally balanced manner, by giving all sides a chance to comment.

"[17] On October 17, 2018, during an interview with a Puremedia journalist, French government spokesperson Benjamin Griveaux re-affirmed the state's refusal to open its press room to RT France and Sputnik, saying: "They are not news organizations.

But in February 2019, LREM refused to allow the channel to cover its European campaigns, on the basis that RT and Sputnik, "are not news organizations but propaganda in the service of the Kremlin.

[18] On 23 February 2022, Frédéric Taddeï stopped hosting the show Interdit d'interdire in response to Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk breakaway states immediately prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[19][20] On 27 February 2022, the European Union (EU) announced that in response to the invasion of Ukraine RT and Sputnik (another Russian state-run propaganda outlet) were banned in all languages throughout all their member states.

[22] On 16 March 2022, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission removed RT networks, including the French version, from its list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution.

[12] In January 2023, following the freezing of their bank accounts by the Direction générale du Trésor, its president Xenia Fedorova announced the closure of the French branch of the channel.