US accuses Russia of 2024 election interference

The US has charged and sanctioned Russian state media executives and restricted Kremlin-linked broadcasters as it accused Moscow of a widespread campaign to interfere with the presidential election.

The justice, state and treasury departments announced coordinated actions on Wednesday to "aggressively counter" the alleged operations.

Attorney General Merrick Garland accused state broadcaster RT, formerly Russia Today, of paying a Tennessee firm $10m to "create and distribute content to US audiences with hidden Russian government messaging".

RT boss Margarita Simonyan was one of 10 people sanctioned for alleged attempts to harm "public trust in our institutions". RT denied involvement.