Kremlin-Funded RT Reluctantly Registers as a Foreign Agent

‘American freedom of speech’

‘Americans have a right to know who is acting in the United States to influence the U.S. government or public on behalf of foreign principals.’

Published Nov. 13 2017 4:50PM EST

RT officially registered as a foreign agent Monday, complying under protest with a Department of Justice deadline.

An online FARA registrant search shows RT’s U.S. shell company, T & R Productions LLC, as a registrant Monday, with RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan announcing the registration in a statement later in the day....

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Kremlin-Funded RT Reluctantly Registers as a Foreign Agent

‘Americans have a right to know who is acting in the United States to influence the U.S. government or public on behalf of foreign principals.’

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Katie Zavadski