Russia’s lower house of parliament on Friday approved an investigation into the operations of U.S. news organizations in Russia, Reuters reported.
The investigation is reportedly mean to be retaliation for Sen. Jeanne Shaheen‘s (D-N.H.) bill that would authorize the Justice Department to probe possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act by RT, a Russian state-funded media company that has grown its U.S. operations.
The Office of the Director of National intelligence suggested in a report in January that RT may be complicit in Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election to help President Trump. The Kremlin-backed news outlet has been largely supportive of the real estate mogul since he was a candidate.
Among the U.S. media organizations that could be investigated by Russia’s Duma are CNN, Voice of America and Radio Liberty.
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