US explains why Washington imposed sanctions on RT TV channel

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The activities of the Russian TV channel RT played a key role in the world’s “pro-Russian” response to the situation in Ukraine, an American TV channel reported CNN Citing an unnamed senior US administration official.

“The United States believes that RT propaganda and disinformation played a key role in shaping the pro-Russian response to the war in Ukraine around the world,” the document said.

The channel’s interlocutor said that US authorities are trying to convince allied countries that RT is working on behalf of Russian intelligence services to undermine democratic values ​​around the world. The official noted that Washington therefore wants to complicate RT’s work in other states.

September 13 United States was introduced Sanctions against media group Rossiya Segodnya and its general director Dmitry Kiselev. Restrictions were also imposed on ANO TV-Novosti, NPO Eurasia and its general director Nelly Parutenko.

September 4 CNN reportedThe Biden administration is reportedly planning to accuse Russia of election interference. The publication notes that US officials see the Russia Today (RT) media group as a “main source of disinformation” and want to control it.

On the same day, the U.S. Treasury entered Sanctions against RT and its editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan. The ministry said that American officials accused them of violating the Foreign Agents Act.

An RT employee in the US had previously to come Search of 20 armed FBI agents.

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