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The Justice Department indicted an American commentator for Russian television on Thursday as part of a broader effort by the government to crack down on Russia’s attempts to influence American politics ahead of November’s presidential election.

Dimitri K. Simes, who was an adviser to Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, were charged with violating economic sanctions against Russia for their work for Channel One, a state-owned television network.

The indictments come as the United States has been cracking down on Russian efforts to spread content from Russian broadcasters among American audiences, often by disguising its origins. Mr. Simes, who owns a home with his wife in Virginia but currently lives in Russia, has hosted a political talk show since 2022 on the network four nights a week on the network and another on Sundays.

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[-] eran_morad@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

All of fox “news” is russian state TV.

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Not really, Murdoch is definitely helping Russia right now, but he's always got his own angle.

NewsCorpse aren't Russian state news, they're just strange bedfellows. NewsCorpse has their own agenda.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

It really gets under my skin when you've got a very distinctly British kind of conservatism, but we write it off as Thing Evil Slavs Say because the Brits are supposed to be our friends.

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