Ivor Crotty is an Irishman living in Moscow working in social media for a news network funded by the Kremlin. How's that for a bio! RT (formerly known as Russia Today) has made huge strides in the online media space in the past few years being the first television news station to reach 1 Billion views on YouTube. In the USA their channel is available to 85 million people and they boast such personalities as Abby Martin, Julian Assange and our London Real regular Max Keiser.