Australia blacklists 22 Russian journalists, mass media employees

Persons under sanctions include "senior editors from organizations including Russia Today, the Strategic Culture Foundation, InfoRos and NewsFront," Foreign Minister Marise Payne said

Australian authorities made effective a new package of sanctions against 22 Russian mass media representatives, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in her statement released on Friday.

Qazet.az reports that persons under sanctions include "senior editors from organizations including Russia Today, the Strategic Culture Foundation, InfoRos and NewsFront," Payne said.

In particular, the sanction list includes Editor-in-Chief of RT TV Channel Margarita Simonyan, director and TV presenter Tigran Keosayan, Rossiya-1 TV Channel journalist Olga Skabeeva and others.