London (CNN Business) UK media regulator Ofcom has fined RT for repeatedly breaking impartiality rules in its coverage of the Skripal poisonings and the conflict in Syria.

The £200,000 ($249,000) fine, announced Friday, came after Ofcom ruled RT had failed to maintain "due impartiality" in seven programs that aired in March and April last year

Ofcom directed the Russian broadcaster to air a summary of the ruling, which was originally handed down in December.

The programs were broadcast after the poisoning of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter. UK authorities said they were the victims of an attack conducted by agents of the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU.

"We consider this sanction to be appropriate and proportionate. It takes into account the additional steps that RT has taken to ensure its compliance," Ofcom said in a statement on Friday.

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