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U.S. Department of Justice

TV Presenter Who Worked for Channel One Russia Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions Imposed on Russia

U.S. Department of Justice
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Dimitri and Anastasia Simes , 76 , and 55 , both of Huntly , Virginia , charged with two separate schemes to violate U.S. sanctions.

Channel One Russia , a state-owned Russian television station, was sanctioned by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on May 8, 2022 , for being owned or controlled by, or for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, the Government of the Russian Federation .

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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formal

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English

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77

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