Russian TV channel RT \- formerly known as Russia Today \- has been cut from UK screens days after an EU-wide ban on the Kremlin-owned broadcaster. The 24/7 English language channel – which claims to have 700 million viewers worldwide – is no longer available to viewers in the UK via Sky, Freesat or Freeview’s digital television platforms. While the UK is not a member of the EU, the bloc applied sanctions to a company based in Luxembourg and France that provides the feed to Sky, Freesat, and Freeview. UK regulator Ofcom are currently investigating RT over a possible breaching of broadcasting s…