Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has charged a contributor to Channel One Russia, a Russian state-run TV channel, and his wife with violating U.S. sanctions and money laundering. The indictment, filed and unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses Dmitri Simes, 76, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, of participating in a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions for the benefit of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster and to launder money obtained through that scheme.
After the U.S. sanctioned Channel One Russia in May 2022, from around that June to the present, Dmitri Simes, who had already been working for the broadcaster, continued to provide it with his services, including by hosting and producing a television program called 'The Great Game' for the channel, prosecutors say. The indictment alleges that he received more than $1 million from the broadcaster after it was sanctioned.
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