Almost 10 days into the Ukraine-Russia crisis, with the world divided on the issue over Moscow’s moves, RT (Russia Today) TV channel has vanished from some of the Indian platforms.

Tata Play (earlier known as Tata Sky) and DishTV, two DTH operators, have been upfront on the unavailability of the free to air TV channel on their networks.

“We stopped receiving signal from news channel Russia Today on Friday, hence it is currently not available on Tata Play. The channel shall resume as soon as the broadcast starts again. @TataCompanies

@TataPlayin,” Tata Play MD & CEO Harit Nagpal tweeted Sunday evening.

RT is the Russian State-controlled media network funded by the taxpayers and on its website claims to be a global, round-the-clock news network of nine TV channels, broadcasting news, current affairs, and documentaries on linear and digital platforms in six languages. It also has a sister news agency RUPTLY. Till the Ukraine crisis erupted, RT claimed it was available in more than 100 countries, spanning five continents.

When one tuned into channel number 792 on Dish TV, a message was displayed on the unavailability of Russia Today.

“This Channel is temporarily unavailable from broadcaster due to technical failure. Service will resume shortly,” the Dish TV advisory stated.

Till the time of posting this report, Indianbroadcastingworld.com was unable to verify whether other distribution platforms in India too stopped getting RT signals and the slot was sporting some sort of an advisory for viewers. But the RT website was still available online in India till Sunday evening.

Meanwhile, globally the Russian State media has been facing blackouts and sanctions imposed by Western governments. Last week Twitter claimed it was complying with an EU-wide ban on Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik.

A Twitter spokesperson in a statement said, “The European Union (EU) sanctions will legally require us to withhold certain content in EU member states, and we intend to comply. Our global approach outside of the EU will continue to focus on de-amplifying this type of state-affiliated media content across our service and providing important context through our labels. We continue to advocate for a free and open internet, particularly in times of crisis.”

However, TechCrunch.com reported it was not clear how well Twitter was actually complying with the legal order banning the distribution of RT’s content in the EU.