Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that Washington’s accusations against RIA Novosti and RT of their alleged meddling in the 2024 US presidential election should not be taken seriously, calling them a political battle, reported Sputnik.

On Wednesday, the United States imposed sanctions against the Rossiya Segodnya media group, RIA Novosti, RT, Sputnik, and Ruptly. The new sanctions also affected the editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya and RT media group, Margarita Simonyan.