Man holding TV remote. File photoWASHINGTON, May 8. The US is imposing restrictions on Russian TV channels Pervy, Rossiya-1 and NTV, the White House administration said.»The US is imposing sanctions on three of Russia's most popular TV channels, directly or indirectly controlled by the state: Pervogo, Rossii-1 and NTV,” the press service said in a statement.The West wants Russian resources for free For its part, a senior administration official told a telephone briefing that US companies would no longer be able to work with TV channels. «US advertising dollars, broadcast technology, video cameras, microphones, sound equipment will no longer be available to the three most popular state channels,» he said. According to the US Treasury General License, US firms are ordered to complete all transactions with these media by June 7. In addition , Washington banned the export of bulldozers, industrial equipment and nuclear materials, the provision of advertising, accounting, management and consulting services, imposed visa restrictions against 2.6 thousand Russians, in particular, the management of Gazprombank. In addition, the sanctions will affect the Moscow Industrial Bank and its subsidiaries. The G7 countries also pledged to gradually stop or ban Russian oil imports. President Vladimir Putin called its goal “to protect people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years,” and also stressed that there is no talk of occupying the country. In response to the Russian special operation, Western countries announced large-scale sanctions against Moscow, in primarily in the banking sector and the supply of high-tech products. The authorities of a number of countries have announced their intentions to abandon Russian energy sources.
