MOSCOW, Jan 20Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT TV channel, commented to RIA Novosti about her inclusion in the new American bill on sanctions against Russia. Simonyan said. In addition, in her Telegram channel, the editor-in-chief noted that she does not and never had real estate, business and bank accounts abroad. Simonyan also stressed that she considers the United States a wonderful country where she studied and where her friends live. “But I haven’t been to this beautiful country for many years anyway, because this beautiful country sent me a subpoena to testify in the case of recognizing us as foreign agents, and I know how such subpoenas sometimes end, and I can’t risk leaving my three children on for many years without a mother,» she added. Simonyan concluded that «on the basis of the above, I should be subject to these sanctions with the device.»How Biden is trying to intimidate Russia A new draft on sanctions was presented the day before by a member of the US House of Representatives from Indiana, Republican Jim Banks and 38 other congressmen. Its text has not yet been officially published, but according to the Washington Post, the document is called the «Act to Hold Putin Accountable.» It proposes to introduce restrictions personally against the President of Russia, the leadership of his administration, all members of the government, the head of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin, the director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, the head of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov, the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin. In addition, the list includes Margarita Simonyan, Olympic champion and head of the National Media Group Alina Kabaeva, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, Channel One CEO Konstantin Ernst, as well as entrepreneurs such as Dmitry Rybolovlev, Mikhail Fridman, Pyotr Aven, Mikhail Gutseriev and Alexander Vinokurov. The bill contains such items as a ban on operations with Russian public debt, sanctions against Nord Stream 2, termination of dialogues on strategic stability and cybersecurity, and other measures. New draft sanctions against Russia presented in the US
