{"id":3006,"date":"2024-09-13T18:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T18:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2024-09-16T01:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T01:39:55","slug":"rt-responsible-for-eroding-support-for-ukraine-us-state-dept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/rt-responsible-for-eroding-support-for-ukraine-us-state-dept\/","title":{"rendered":"RT responsible for eroding support for Ukraine \u2013 US State Dept"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe broad scope and reach\u201d of the Russian network is turning the Global South away from Kiev, spokesman Jamie Rubin has claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n

RT\u00a0has played a major\u00a0role in eroding support for Ukraine around the world, and the network has fundraised to buy weapons for the Russian military, the US State Department claimed on Friday. The US has sanctioned RT\u2019s parent company in response.<\/p>\n

In a press briefing in Washington, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken leveled a slew of accusations against RT. Blinken claimed that\u00a0the outlet operates a range of nominally independent news channels on social media in order to spread pro-Kremlin messaging, that it operates a secretive cyber operations unit linked to Russian intelligence, and that it covertly manages a crowdfunding platform to arm and supply Russian troops fighting in the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to new information, much of which originates from RT employees, we know that RT possesses cyber capabilities and engaged in covert information and influence operations and military procurement,\u201d<\/em> Blinken told reporters.<\/p>\n

Blinken did not fully explain RT\u2019s supposed \u201ccyber capabilities,\u201d<\/em> but said that the network\u2019s alleged cyber unit runs \u201ccovert influence operations\u201d<\/em> around the world, and supplies information to Russian media outlets, \u201cmercenary groups,\u201d<\/em> and other \u201carms of the Russian government.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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RT reveals \u2018secret\u2019 behind its operations to CNN<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The crowdfunding campaign is not directly linked to RT, the American diplomat admitted, before claiming that it is covertly run by an RT employee. According to Blinken, this campaign has raised money within Russia to supply Russian troops with sniper rifles, suppressors, body armor, drones, and other equipment.<\/p>\n

Aside from these alleged activities, RT\u2019s reporting is damaging to US interests, State Department official Jamie Rubin told reporters after Blinken spoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons \u2013 not the only reason \u2013 why so much of the world has not been as fully supportive of Ukraine as you would think they would be, given that Russia has invaded Ukraine and violated rule number 1 of the international system \u2013\u00a0 is because of the broad scope and reach of RT, where propaganda, disinformation and lies is spread to millions if not billions around the world,\u201d<\/em> he declared.<\/p>\n

Rubin runs the State Department\u2019s Global Engagement Center (GEC), essentially its propaganda and intelligence wing. The GEC has funded propaganda games<\/a> aimed at children and forced Twitter to censor<\/a> pro-Russian content, while Rubin admitted last year that he intends to use the GEC to shut down Russian media outlets around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blinken announced that RT\u2019s parent company, Rossiya Segodnya, its director, and one other entity and two individuals, would be sanctioned in response to the allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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US sanctions RT<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The sanctions come just over a week after two people alleged to work for RT were criminally charged by the US Justice Department for their alleged role in pushing video content that sowed \u201cdiscord and division\u201d<\/em> in the US. The two Russians were also sanctioned by the US Treasury Department, along with RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and three other senior RT employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked to comment on the State Department\u2019s announcement by CNN earlier on Friday, RT\u2019s press office sarcastically replied \u201cWe\u2019ve been broadcasting straight out of the KGB headquarters all this time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, but seriously, we\u2019re running out of popcorn to sit and watch what the US government will come up with next about us,\u201d<\/em> the press office added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe broad scope and reach\u201d of the Russian network is turning the Global South away from Kiev, spokesman Jamie Rubin has claimed RT\u00a0has played a major\u00a0role in eroding support for Ukraine around the world, and the network has fundraised to buy weapons for the Russian military, the US State Department claimed on Friday. The US…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3009,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/3009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evilstore.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}