State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said the Rossiya Segodnya media group and its affiliates will be required to report on employees and property in the US. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
“The ministry decided that Rossiya Segodnya and its subsidiaries RIA Novosti, TV-Novosti, Ruptly and Sputnik should act as foreign missions, as they are controlled by the government of the Russian Federation,” he said.
Miller reminded that the Foreign Mission Act requires the department to be provided with information on personnel and property operating in the United States.
He also added that Washington would not disclose who was subject to visa restrictions in connection with the sanctions against Russia Today and RIA Novosti.
September 4 US Treasury sanctions imposed Against RT and the channel’s editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan. The statement says that US authorities have filed a criminal complaint for violating the Foreign Agents Act.
CNN before this reportedThe administration of US President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to accuse Russia of election interference. The publication states that US officials see the Russia Today (RT) media group as a “main source of disinformation” and want to control it.
Previously Margarita Simonyan reacted US sanctions.