Bullet points of US imposes sanctions on RT executives, unseals charges against two RT employees
- The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT, and several other executives, including Anton Anisimov, Elizaveta Brodskaya, Andrey Kiyashko, Konstantin Kalashnikov, and Elena Afanasyeva.
- The US Department of State designated Rossiya Segodnya, RIA Novosti, RT, TV-Novosti, Ruptly, and Sputnik as 'foreign missions'.
- The US authorities unsealed charges against two RT employees, Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva, for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and money laundering.
- The two Russian nationals were indicted in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday morning.
- The Justice Department charged the two RT employees in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to US audiences with hidden Russian government messaging.
- US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the sanctions and charges against RT executives.
- The sanctions and charges are part of a broader effort to address foreign interference in US elections.
- The US government is taking steps to hold Russian state-controlled media outlets accountable for their activities in the US.