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according to the russian satellite news agency on september 5, the u.s. treasury department announced in a statement on the 4th that the united states will impose sanctions on the russia today media group and its five affiliated agencies - ria novosti, russia today tv, sputnik news agency, news tv, and global video news agency.

the statement said the above-mentioned russian media organizations "were included in the treasury department's sanctions list."

the u.s. treasury department pointed out that the u.s. authorities have added the above-mentioned media organizations to the list of foreign agents, have taken measures to impose visa restrictions, and offer rewards of up to $10 million for providing information about foreign interference in u.s. elections.

the statement also said that the new round of us sanctions includes several senior executives of these media organizations.

the report mentioned that russian presidential press secretary peskov had previously stated that the candidate supported by the american people will win the us presidential election, and russia will not interfere in the election but will only observe the election process.

source: cankaoxiaoxi.com