The Russian lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has approved a proposal to launch an investigation into U.S. media organisations that operate in Russia, it said in a statement posted on its web site late on Friday.
The
investigation, which will be conducted by the Duma's information
policy, technologies and communications committee, will check whether
CNN, the Voice of America, Radio Liberty and "other American media" are
complying with Russian law.
The
statement said the Duma backed the move on Friday evening after
Konstantin Zatulin, an MP from the pro-Kremlin United Russia party,
proposed an investigation to retaliate for what he called a "repressive"
U.S. move against Russian state-funded broadcaster RT.
He
said he was referring to an initiative by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen,
who has introduced a bill to empower the Justice Department to
investigate possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act
by RT.
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