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In the near future, the administration of US President Joe Biden is expected to announce a large-scale effort aimed at weakening the global influence of the Russian propaganda media RT and exposing its key role in the Kremlin’s intelligence and influence operations on the world public.
CNN reported this.
One of the journalists’ interlocutors noted that the US State Department will release declassified US intelligence data showing that RT is fully integrated into Russia’s intelligence operations around the world, and will launch a diplomatic campaign to provide countries with information about the risks associated with the activity of this media.
A key U.S. intelligence finding is that for more than a year, the Russian government has quietly planted an intelligence-gathering unit at RT that focuses on influence operations around the world, another source said.
According to him, this activity goes beyond propaganda and covert influence operations and even includes military procurement.
The U.S. goal is to make sure countries know that RT and Russian intelligence services are working together to try to sow discord and damage democratic processes, while making it much more difficult for RT to operate globally, he said.
As the agency noted, American diplomats hope that in the coming days and weeks, including the session of the UN General Assembly, they will try to create a coalition of countries that would take up the solution of this problem.
Previously, the US Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on the management of RT and related companies due to an attempt to interfere in the US presidential election.
