Russian parliament orders probe of U.S. media in Moscow

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Russian lawmakers vote at the State Duma (lower parliament house) in Moscow, on Jan.
27, 2017 in this file photo.
(Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko, AP)Russia`s parliament has called for an investigation into U.
S.
media operating in its country in response to what it says are attacks on Russian media in the U.
S, particularly state-funded broadcaster RT News.
Zatulin said he was responding U.
S.
politicians who have moved "from words to deeds" after long complaining the Russian media interfered in the internal affairs of the U.
S.
and particularly its presidential election.
RT News runs numerous media operations worldwide, including RT America, a slick, English-language network.
"Margarita Simonyan, RT`s editor-in-chief, told the Russian newspaper Izvestia this week that such moves were reminiscent of Sen.
Joseph McCarthy`s anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.