Summary
- The United States indicted two employees of Russia’s RT and imposed sanctions on top editors of the state-funded news outlet for allegedly seeking to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
- Treasury Department sanctioned 10 individuals and two entities, including RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonovna Simonyan and deputy Elizaveta Yuryevna Brodskaia.
- The accusations against RT employees include money laundering, violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, funding a Tennessee-based company, and engaging U.S.-based social media influencers to spread content favorable to Russia.
- US officials have accused Russia of interfering in previous elections as well, with specific warnings about Russian meddling in the upcoming American Presidential election in November.