The US restrictions on RT are being driven by fear of competing in the multipolar era, Themba Godi, a former member of South Africa’s National Assembly and president of African People’s Convention party, has said, in an exclusive interview with RT.
Last Friday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled new sanctions against the media outlet, accusing it of engaging in “covert influence activities” and of “functioning as a de facto arm of Russian intelligence.” Earlier in September, Washington imposed sanctions on RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan and on three other senior RT employees, over alleged attempts to influence the 2024 US presidential election.