{"id":2337014,"date":"2024-09-05T05:51:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-promises-retaliation-against-us-regarding-charges-against-rt-media-network-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T05:58:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:58:19","slug":"russia-promises-retaliation-against-us-regarding-charges-against-rt-media-network-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-promises-retaliation-against-us-regarding-charges-against-rt-media-network-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia promises retaliation against US regarding charges against RT media network &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-promises-retaliation-against-us-regarding-charges-against-rt-media-network-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337014&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Russian Federation has \u2062announced its intention to retaliate against \u2064the United States in response to recent charges made against executives at Russia Today (RT), a state-controlled media network. This\u2063 comes after the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a federal indictment against two RT employees, Elena Afanasyeva and Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, who were accused\u200d of acting as Russian operatives. They allegedly paid a U.S. influencer-based media company millions to promote Russian political agendas and influence public opinion ahead of elections. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland emphasized that the Justice Department will not allow foreign governments to manipulate the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dan-bongino-on-the-future-of-parler-and-governments-role-in-tech\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino on the Future of Parler and Government\u2019s Role in Tech\">media landscape<\/a> to spread propaganda. The \u200dRussian government has refuted these allegations, suggesting\u2062 the indictment serves \u200dto incite public fear regarding supposed Russian \u2064interference in the electoral process while aiming to \u2062suppress dissent within the country.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Russia promises retaliation against US regarding charges against RT media network<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1746414\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Russian Federation has vowed retaliation against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United States<\/a> in response to the nation&rsquo;s actions against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-sued-by-muslim-civil-rights-group-over-hate-speech-claims\/\" title=\"Facebook Sued By Muslim Civil Rights Group Over Hate Speech Claims\">media executives<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia<\/a> Today, the country&rsquo;s state-controlled media network funded by the Russian government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a federal indictment against Elena Afanasyeva and Kostiantyn Kalashnikov for their alleged involvement in a nefarious scheme in which both acted as Russian operatives and paid an influencer-based media company in the U.S. millions of dollars to promote talking points and political issues meant to influence public opinion and ultimately how people <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3143261\/two-russians-indicted-election-interference-inquiry\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted in the election<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Justice Department has charged two employees of RT, a Russian state-controlled media outlet, in a $10 million scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said<\/a>. &ldquo;The Justice Department will not tolerate attempts by an authoritarian regime to exploit our country&rsquo;s free exchange of ideas in order to covertly further its own propaganda efforts, and our investigation into this matter remains ongoing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Russian government officials denied any wrongdoing and claimed that the indictment was essentially performative politics to stoke fears in the country&rsquo;s population about Russia trying to sabotage and influence the upcoming presidential election. It also claimed that such actions were meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-funnels-cash-to-foreign-group-to-fight-disinformation-amid-gop-censorship-scrutiny\/\" title=\"State Department funds foreign group to combat &#039;disinformation&#039; amidst GOP censorship scrutiny\">suppress dissenting viewpoints<\/a> that run counter to contemporary political ideological beliefs, according to BBC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the authorities resort to such primitive ways of influencing their voters, this is the decline of &lsquo;liberal democracies,&rsquo;&rdquo; said <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c8rx28v1vpro\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia&rsquo;s foreign ministry<\/a>. &ldquo;There will be a response.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We warn that attempts to expel Russian journalists from the territory of the United States, create unacceptable conditions for their work or any other forms of obstruction of their activities, including with the use of visa tools, will become the basis for taking symmetrical and\/or asymmetric retaliatory measures against the American media,&rdquo; Zakharova added.<\/p>\n<p>RT also denied any wrongdoing and mocked the accusations in the indictment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Three things are certain in life: death, taxes, and RT&rsquo;s interference in the U.S. elections,&rdquo; the state-controlled media network <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-says-it-will-target-us-media-response-move-against-rt-2024-09-05\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1746414\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1746414\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia has pledged to take retaliatory measures against the United States following actions taken against executives of Russia Today (RT), the state-funded media outlet. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed a federal indictment against Elena Afanasyeva and Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, accusing them of participating in a scheme where they acted as Russian agents and paid an influencer-based media company in the U.S. millions to promote narratives aimed at swaying public opinion and influencing election outcomes. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland stated, &#8220;The Justice Department has charged two employees of RT in a $10 million operation to create and disseminate content to American audiences that contained hidden messages from the Russian government.&#8221; He emphasized that such attempts by authoritarian regimes to manipulate free expression in the U.S. would not be tolerated, adding that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Russian officials have rejected any allegations of misconduct, asserting that the indictment serves as political theater intended to incite fear among citizens regarding Russia&#8217;s influence on upcoming elections. They argue these actions aim to stifle dissenting opinions contrary to prevailing political ideologies, according to BBC reports. Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia\u2019s foreign ministry, remarked on this tactic as indicative of a decline in &#8220;liberal democracies&#8221; and warned of forthcoming responses.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova further cautioned that any efforts to expel Russian journalists from the U.S., impose harsh working conditions upon them or obstruct their activities through visa restrictions would lead to symmetrical or asymmetrical retaliatory actions against American media outlets. RT also denied any wrongdoing and ridiculed the charges outlined in the indictment by stating humorously about their supposed interference in U.S. elections: \u201cThree things are certain in life: death, taxes, and RT\u2019s interference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2337015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24103720052667-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7996,40150,4280,9029,32076],"class_list":["post-2337014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-retaliation","tag-rt-media-network","tag-russia","tag-us","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24103720052667-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}