moscow russia within right restrict operations u.s. media organizations russia retaliation moscow call u.s. pressure kremlin-backed tv station russian foreign ministry spokeswoman say sunday russian officials accuse washington put unwarranted pressure u.s. operations rt kremlin-funded broadcaster accuse washington interfere domestic u.s. politics deny foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova say full weight u.s. authorities bring bear rt operations unite state moscow right respond never use russian law relation foreign correspondents lever pressure censorship kind political influence never zakharova say interview russia ntv broadcaster particular case cite 1991 russian law say state russian media outlet subject restrictions foreign country moscow right impose proportionate restrictions media outlets country operate inside russia correspondingly everything russian journalists rt station subject u.s. soil qualify restriction activities apply similar measure american journalists american media russian territory zakharova say identify specific u.s. media outlets would target say make difference russian government point view outlets back u.s. state privately-funded late last month russia state communications regulator accuse u.s. tv channel cnn international violate license broadcast russia say summon broadcaster representatives connection matter watchdog publicly disclose nature violation head regulator say technical matter deny politics involve u.s. intelligence officials report january year allegations russian interference u.s. presidential election say rt part state-run propaganda machine support kremlin campaign influence u.s. politics russia today russian officials deny attempt interfere u.s. politics say political force unite state whip hysteria russia influence discredit president donald trump moscow warn may restrict u.s. media russia