Communications regulator Ofcom announced on Friday that the license to the controversial television station was pulled after dozens of investigations into its coverage were conducted. Specifically, 29 investigations into the broadcaster’s reporting and coverage of the Russian invasion into Ukraine were made, with Ofcom saying these issues were of “great concern” to them.

“Freedom of expression is something we guard fiercely in this country, and the bar for action on broadcasters is rightly set very high,” Ofcom chief executive Melanie Dawes said. “Following an independent regulatory process, we have today found that RT is not fit and proper to hold a license in the U.K. As a result, we have revoked RT’s U.K. broadcasting license.”

Unsurprisingly, the decision has been met with pushback from RT, specifically Deputy Editor-in-Chief Anna Belkina. In a statement, she called the revocation a “facade of independence” that is based on “purely political reasons tied directly to the situation in Ukraine” rather than media integrity.

RT had been on Ofcom’s radar before the Russian invasion, as it once was fined 200,000 pounds for other impartiality violations. RT is primarily funded by the Russian government.

“We also note new laws in Russia which effectively criminalize any independent journalism that departs from the Russian state’s own news narrative, in particular in relation to the invasion of Ukraine,” Ofcom wrote in its official statement.

“We consider that given these constraints it appears impossible for RT to comply with the due impartiality rules of our Broadcasting Code in the circumstances.”

RT began broadcasting in the U.K. in 2009 with its own 24-hour cable news channel, with the Moscow Times saying it described itself as “an alternative to the mainstream view.” Even before the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the station has been accused of peddling Russian propaganda and conspiracy theories.

When asked about the impact the revocation could have on future broadcasts, an Ofcom representative referred Newsweek to the official internal decision, which states that an affected broadcaster “cannot broadcast again unless the reasons making it unfit have been fixed.”

According to its website, RT, which is a network of nine TV channels, broadcasting news, current affairs and documentaries, with digital platforms in six languages, provides…“a Russian viewpoint on major global events.” It has a total weekly audience of 100 million viewers.

Update 3/18/22, 10:03 a.m. ET: This story has been updated to include additional information.