"Refusal to register if we are recognized by an agent will provide for criminal punishment. During the entire broadcasting period, we have never received any complaints from Australian regulators. Probably the reason for the investigation is that we are RT, "she wrote on Twitter.
The Australian Federal Police has initiated a preliminary investigation into RT as an alleged foreign agent.
Refusal to register in case of recognition of us as an agent provides for criminal punishment.
In mid-April it became known that Ofcom opened seven investigations into the television channel. Three more investigations were opened later.
On July 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia was concerned about the fact that RT was recorded in "agents of influence" in several countries.