
The national flag of Australia at the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationMOSCOW, March 25 MIA editor-in-chief» Russia Today» and TV channel Russia Today Margarita Simonyan, director Tigran Keosayan and host of the program «60 minutes» on the TV channel «Russia 1» Olga Skabeeva are included in the sanctions list of Australia. In total, the document published by the country's Foreign Ministry includes 22 Russians, whom the head of department Maris Payne named «pro-Kremlin propagandists.» In addition to the head of RT, the list includes the editor-in-chief of the Moskva Speaks radio station Roman Babayan, the heads of the Strategic Culture Foundation, Inforos, News Front, and the Kamerton magazine. Also on the list was the daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin Daria, editor-in-chief of United World International. A number of Western countries have imposed new sanctions against the Russian Federation because of Ukraine. A number of companies announced their withdrawal from the Russian market and the closure of production facilities in the Russian Federation. As previously stated in the Kremlin, Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance, they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Putin also said that the United States and the European Union had effectively defaulted on their obligations to Russia, freezing its foreign exchange reserves. He added that the current events draw a line under the global dominance of the West in both politics and economics. USA look for other ways

