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.
 

 Summary of US imposes sanctions on RT executives, unseals charges against two RT employees
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The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on several Russian media executives, including RT's editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, and restricted the Rossiya Segodnya media group and its subsidiaries. The US Department of State has designated the media group and five of its subsidiaries as 'foreign missions'. Two RT employees have been charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and money laundering.