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(Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA \/ AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"61.521685961194\"><body readability=\"124.39418416801\"><\/p>\n<p>The State Department announced a fresh round of sanctions for RT and related media companies Friday, accusing the Russian state-funded news outlet of operating a crowdfunding website that funneled weaponry and equipment to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the crowdfunding site was used to purchase weapons and equipment, including drones, radio equipment, sniper rifles, suppressors, body armor, night vision equipment, diesel generators and personal weapon sights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the crowdfunding campaign is out in the open, what\u2019s hidden is that this program is administered by the leaders of RT,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, State officials said that since 2023, Russian intelligence services were embedded within RT, operating as a unit with \u201ccyber operational capabilities\u201d to collect information on targets and feed Russian government influence and disinformation operations across the globe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Blinken said the evidence compiled by the U.S. government \u2014 some of which he said came directly from RT employees \u2014 demonstrates that RT and affiliates \u201care no longer merely firehoses of Russian propaganda and disinformation\u201d but \u201cfunctioning like a de facto arm\u201d of the Russian government.<\/p>\n<p>The department placed sanctions on three entities for their roles in an alleged operation to influence upcoming presidential elections in Moldova and foment violent unrest: Rossiya Segodnya, a state-funded broadcast agency headquartered in Moscow, TV Novosti, a state-funded entity that officials said controlled RT\u2019s media channels, and Ano Evraziya, which State described as a \u201cvote-buying campaign\u201d for pro-Kremlin candidates under the guise of humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the department placed Nelli Alekseyevna Parutenko, general director of Ano Evraziya, and Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselev, general director of Rossiya Segodnya, on U.S. sanctions lists.<\/p>\n<p>News of the State Department\u2019s actions was first reported by CNN. <\/p>\n<p>State officials that the announced sanctions were not for RT officials knowingly spreading Russian propaganda, something they said would still fall under the principles of free expression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jim O\u2019Brien, assistant secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, said the crowdfunding effort \u201cwasn\u2019t just some employees putting on a telethon\u201d but a covert effort to help Russia procure arms.<\/p>\n<p>While State officials described this new organization as a \u201ccyber\u201d unit, it\u2019s not clear from their descriptions whether the unit engaged in actual hacking or digital compromises of any victims or organizations. They cited two examples of the unit\u2019s work: helping to manage the crowdsourcing website on social media and other platforms, and using \u201ccyber tools\u201d to gather information on behalf of the Russian government. Officials declined to answer whether the unit was still active within RT today.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/alerting-the-world-to-rts-global-covert-activities\/\">fact sheet<\/a>, the unit \u201chas focused primarily on influence and intelligence operations all over the world. Under the cover of RT, information produced through this entity\u2019s capabilities flows to Russia\u2019s intelligence services, Russian media outlets, Russian mercenary groups, and other various state and proxy arms of the Russian Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reference to an FSB unit created within RT is similar to allegations made by the FBI in July, when they<a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/us-international-authorities-seize-russian-ai-bot-farm\/\"> announced<\/a> the seizure of websites and social media accounts related to a Russian AI-powered bot farm targeting the U.S. 2024 elections. <\/p>\n<p>According to search warrants and affidavits, the FBI received information from another unnamed federal agency that RT\u2019s deputy editor-in-chief pitched the outlet\u2019s leadership on the development of a new AI software tool called Meliorator in 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The tool could create social media personas \u201cen masse,\u201d post content, mimic the tone of ordinary social media users and align the substance of their posts with other disinformation accounts and bots, according to the advisory. There was also evidence that program developers were working to expand its functionality to other social platforms.<\/p>\n<p>According to U.S. officials, leadership at RT approved the development of Meliorator, and less than a year later the project was folded into a new private intelligence organization created by the FSB and approved by top Kremlin leadership in order to sow discord in the United States, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>That timeline roughly lines up with the cyber unit described by State officials Friday. CyberScoop has reached out to the State Department for additional details.<\/p>\n<p>RT officials, who have responded to previous requests for comment with snarky or sarcastic replies, did not immediately respond to the latest charges when contacted by CyberScoop.<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, the U.S. government <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/doj-russia-interfering-us-elections-2024\/\">unveiled<\/a> criminal charges and sanctions to 10 RT employees for their alleged roles in supporting Russian disinformation operations targeting the U.S. elections. That scheme involved using foreign shell companies and a fictitious investor to direct at least $10 million in foreign funds to an unnamed Tennessee media company \u2014 later identified as Tenet Media \u2014 in exchange for laundering pro-Russian propaganda through popular online conservative influencers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>State officials said while those announcements were focused more on Russian operations targeting the U.S., their sanctions were designed to highlight Russia\u2019s global role in influencing and undermining democracies around the world. <\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.5080213903743\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/us-accuses-rt-others-of-covert-arms-dealing-global-influence-operations-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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