"In 2017, the US Department of Justice included RT America in the list of foreign agents. Since 2018, a number of broadcast network operators have stopped rebroadcasting RT America signals in Washington, New York, New Jersey, San Diego, Los Angeles and Chicago. Do you think they did it themselves? Private repeaters. Of course not. The status of a foreign agent in the United States of America is a terrible thing," she said at a meeting of the UN General Assembly's Committee on Information.
In addition, inappropriate incidents with employees of the Russian media were recorded, up to the unjustified use of violence by law enforcement agencies and US special services, Zakharova stressed.
"Only in 2020, a RIA Novosti correspondent found himself in similar situations - the police sprayed tear gas in the face of a Russian journalist. Producer of the Sputnik bureau in the United States - he was fired at by rubber bullets. Journalists of the first channel - used physical force against them. RT journalists - he went through many hours of interrogation by customs officers at the New York airport, "said the representative of the Foreign Ministry.
At the same time, since March 2022, the activities of RT America have been terminated in principle, the diplomat emphasized.
"Is that how freedom of speech is ensured in the United Tatami of America?" she asked.
In March 2022, RT America announced that it would cease producing content after more than a decade on the airwaves. T&R Productions, a production company working with the TV channel, announced the suspension of production and the dismissal of employees in the United States.
Also in March, YouTube restricted access to all RT and RTD channels.