Australia blacklists 22 Russian journalists, mass media employees

Australian authorities made effective a new package of sanctions against 22 Russian mass media representatives, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in her statement released on Friday, Russian news agency TAAS reports.

Persons under sanctions include "senior editors from organizations including Russia Today, the Strategic Culture Foundation, InfoRos and NewsFront," Payne said.

In particular, the sanction list includes Editor-in-Chief of RT TV Channel Margarita Simonyan, director and TV presenter Tigran Keosayan, Rossiya-1 TV Channel journalist Olga Skabeeva and others.