RT's Simonyan Says 'Flattered' to Be Included in New US Draft List of Sanctions

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 23rd September, 2021) RT and Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan said on Thursday she was "flattered" that she is included in new US sanctions recommended by Congress.

"I am flattered. Nowadays, it is somehow even inappropriate for a decent person not to be subject to sanctions. Moreover, (I have) such a great company.

I invite my colleagues to celebrate this international recognition of credits to the motherland together," Simonyan told Sputnik.

Earlier in the day, the US House of Representatives' Rules Committee approved an amendment bill to the draft defense budget legislation that would recommend sanctions against a total of 35 Russian officials. In addition to civil servants, the sanctions list includes businessmen, top and senior officials at key energy companies and banks, as well as a few media personalities.