TikTok Wipes Out Sputnik Accounts

The US Department of the Treasury issued a statement on September 4 announcing sanctions against Sputnik's parent media group Rossiya Segodnya, RIA Novosti, RT, Sputnik, and Ruptly. The sanctions also targeted Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Rossiya Segodnya, and a number of other senior executives.