Kremlin spokesman also says media censorship during Ukraine offensive is ‘justified’ as Russia is in a ‘state of war’.

The Kremlin has accused the United States of applying unacceptable pressure on Russian media after Washington announced sanctions against journalists and a state media network.

On Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the US was trying to ensure that Russia’s perspective on world affairs was not available to people.

“Washington does not even accept that there should be options out there for anyone to get news from our perspective. This is nothing other than blatant pressure. We strongly condemn this stance as unacceptable,” he said.

The US Department of Justice on Thursday charged Russian TV contributor Dimitri Simes and his wife, Anastasia Simes, with schemes to violate US sanctions, a day after indicting two employees of Russian state broadcaster RT and sanctioning RT and its top editors, accusing them of trying to influence the US presidential election in November.

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