Konstantin Zatulin
The first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, European integration and relations with compatriots Konstantin Zatulin has proposed to test the legality of the work of “Radio Liberty” and “voice of America”. With the corresponding statement it has acted at session of the lower house of Parliament on Friday, March 17, reports “Interfax”.
“I propose to take a legal assignment to the Committee on information policy and to check the activities of such companies as “Radio Liberty” and “Voice of America” that have Russian service, in compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation”, — said the MP.
He believes this is a logical response bill U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen on the modernization of the registration of foreign agents in the United States. It directly explains the necessity of document “a threat that is present from RT, to seduce the American people by the Russian propaganda,” says Zatulin.
The day before, commenting on the initiative of the Senator, press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov thanked şahin for the promotion of the channel. He noted that her actions will allow the “new thousands and hundreds of thousands, and even millions of viewers to see with the alternative information that enables the RT to the world”.
About the plans of the Democrat from new Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen to introduce a bill aimed against RT, Politico reported March 14. The Senator believes that the channel could break the law on the registration of a registered as foreign agents. It is noted that the document was a reaction to a us intelligence report about Moscow’s influence on the US presidential election. The Kremlin, in turn, denies all the accusations about interference in the electoral processes of the country.