Russian TV channel RT registers as foreign agent

Russian state-funded TV channel RT has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent after pressure from the U.S. government, documents released Monday show.

The Justice Department announced the registration just hours after RT’S chief editor said the company had complied with the U.S. demand that it register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

The move doesn’t restrict the channel’s content, but the network is required to publicly disclose details about its funding and operations as well as mark certain content distributed in the U.S. with labels.