Backed by Western diplomats , officials in that Eastern European nation claim that Russian troops have violated their sovereignty by effectively invading the Crimean peninsula . Liz Wahl says it is about ` ` on a Putinist agenda , ` ` bashing America '' Wahl quits state - funded RT on - air , saying she is in ` ` disseminating the truth '' Fellow NPR personality Abby Sullivan had slammed ` ` Russia 's military occupation of Crimea '' But she is still with RT , and made her remarks ` ` in the context of her own ... show ''
Liz Wahl says it is about ` ` on a Putinist agenda , ` ` bashing America '' Wahl quits state - funded RT on - air , saying she is in ` ` disseminating the truth '' Fellow NPR personality Abby Sullivan had slammed ` ` Russia 's military occupation of Crimea '' But she is still with RT , and made her remarks ` ` in the context of her own ... show ''