The US introduced new sanctions against Russian state media

The US State Department has announced new sanctions against Russian state media, accusing them of working closely with the Russian military and meddling in democratic elections in other countries.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this on Friday in Washington, Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"Today, we are imposing sanctions against three institutions and two individuals for Russia's covert operations of global influence," said the head of the US State Department.

According to the documents, the restrictions were introduced against three structures of RT: the agency "Russia Segodnya", ANO "Evraziya" and ANO "TV-Novosti". In addition, targeted sanctions were imposed against the general director of Rossiya Segodnya, Dmytro Kiselyov, as well as the head of Eurasia, Nelly Parutenko.

According to the US Secretary of State, these structures interfered in election processes, in particular, in the Republic of Moldova. However, he noted, "this does not capture the full extent of Russia's efforts to subvert democracy" around the world to spread misinformation and polarize free and open societies.

Blinken said the United States, Britain and Canada are launching a joint diplomatic campaign "to rally allies and partners around the world and engage them in our fight against the threat." In this regard, he emphasized that RT and other mechanisms of Russian disinformation and covert influence pose a particular threat.