A Letter DOJ Sent to RT in August
U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division Counterintelligence and Export Control Section Washington, DC 20530 August I 7, 2017 By FedEx RTTV America, Inc. c/o Brian E. Dickerson, Esquire FisherBroyles LLP 1200 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Re: Obligation ofRTTV America, Inc. to Register Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act Dear Mr. Dickerson: Based upon your letters of January 4, 2013, and January 9, 2017, documents you have provided to this office, press reports, and other publicly available information, 1 we have determined that RTTV America, Inc. ("RTTV America") has an obligation to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. §§ 611-621 (I 995) ("FARA" or the "Act"). RTTV America's obligation to register arises from its political activities in the United States on behalf of RT and TV-Novosti, both foreign principals under the Act and proxies of the Russian Government, and its related work within the United States as a publicity agent and information-service employee ofTV-Novosti. FARA The purpose of FARA is to inform the American public of the activities of agents working for foreign principals to influence U.S. Government officials or the American public with reference to the domestic or foreign policies of the United States, or with reference to the political or public interests, policies, or relations of a foreign country or a foreign political party. The term "foreign principal" includes "a government of a foreign country" and "a partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combination of persons organized 1 See, e.g., Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (20 I 7) ("Intelligence Community Report"), https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_20l 7_01.pdf.
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