‘Unacceptable pressure’: Kremlin denounces US for targeting Russian media

Kremlin spokesperson besides says media censorship during Ukraine violative is ‘justified’ arsenic Russia is successful a ‘state of war’.

The Kremlin has accused the United States of applying unacceptable unit connected Russian media aft Washington announced sanctions against journalists and a authorities media network.

On Friday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters the US was trying to guarantee that Russia’s position connected satellite affairs was not disposable to people.

“Washington does not adjacent judge that determination should beryllium options retired determination for anyone to get quality from our perspective. This is thing different than blatant pressure. We powerfully condemn this stance arsenic unacceptable,” helium said.

The US Department of Justice connected Thursday charged Russian TV contributor Dimitri Simes and his wife, Anastasia Simes, with schemes to interruption US sanctions, a time aft indicting 2 employees of Russian authorities broadcaster RT and sanctioning RT and its apical editors, accusing them of trying to power the US statesmanlike predetermination successful November.

The 10 individuals and 2 entities sanctioned by the Department of the Treasury connected Wednesday included RT Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan and her deputy, Elizaveta Brodskaia.

“Washington continues to effort to enactment unit connected Russia, connected Russian citizens and adjacent connected the Russian media, which is engaged successful informing some citizens wrong our state and satellite nationalist sentiment astir what is happening, from our perspective,” Peskov said.

The Simeses were indicted for allegedly receiving much than $1m and a idiosyncratic car and operator successful speech for enactment they did for Russia’s Channel One since June 2022. The web was sanctioned by the US successful 2022 implicit Russia’s penetration of Ukraine.

The indictments travel astatine a clip of renewed interest astir Russian efforts to meddle successful the upcoming US elections utilizing online disinformation and propaganda.

Peskov said Moscow volition enforce its ain restrictions wrong Russia connected US media outlets successful response.

“A symmetrical effect is not possible. There is nary authorities quality bureau successful the US, and determination is nary authorities TV transmission successful the US,” Peskov told the authorities quality bureau RIA Novosti.

“But determination volition surely beryllium measures present that volition restrict their media disseminating their information,” helium said.

When asked astir these restrictions successful his regular quality briefing, Peskov said Russia would instrumentality into relationship however the outlets covered the Ukraine conflict.

“Some of them … contiguous accusation successful a one-sided mode and bash not shy distant from fake news. We volition instrumentality each this into account,” the Kremlin spokesperson said.

Peskov did not accidental what restrictions Russia would present against US media.

Most US media outlets person already downsized oregon pulled their unit from Russia erstwhile Moscow launched its warfare successful Ukraine owed to laws targeting autarkic reporting connected the conflict.

Meanwhile, Peskov justified Moscow’s unprecedented censorship during the warfare successful a uncommon admittance of Russia’s choky grip connected information.

“In the authorities of warfare that we are in, restrictions are justified and censorship is besides justified,” helium said successful abstracted remarks to the authorities quality bureau TASS.

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