To all the self-righteous defenders of 'freedom of speech' who oh-so-ardently proclaimed that FARA registration places no restrictions whatsoever on RT's journalistic work in the U.S.: Withdrawal of Congressional credentials speaks much louder than empty platitudes.

Margarita Simonyan

America had Russia wrapped around it little pinky through the whole '90s. We did everything you told us. And we were eager to do more and more. The whole nation - Russian nation was like, 'Tell us what else we can do to please you. We want to be like you. We love you.' And then in 1999, bam. You bomb Yugoslavia. And that was the end of it.

Margarita Simonyan

nation end you love

One might have thought that Brexit would be a wake-up call for the American media. Yet, just as in the U.K. referendum, 'Russia' became the buzzword in the U.S. election that the political and media establishments thought would scare people into voting for the status quo.

Margarita Simonyan

election voting media people

It's time to wake up to the reality that ignoring the genuine concerns of the 'fringe,' until it becomes the majority, is patently ridiculous. That the scapegoating of alternative opinions doesn't work.

Margarita Simonyan

wake-up work time reality

I lived in America. I love America.

Margarita Simonyan

lived i-love love america

I don't understand why any country is given a chance to make its point of view seen and heard by the world, and Russia is not given that chance.

Margarita Simonyan

view understand chance world

If all the media are singing one song, it gets dangerous; it really does.

Margarita Simonyan

dangerous singing media song

You might not believe me, but I really don't like conspiracy theories.

Margarita Simonyan

like me you believe

I noticed that mainstream western TV channels, especially CNN and ABC, show the same thing.

Margarita Simonyan

same-thing show thing same

It worries me that western journalists, especially British ones, call everyone they don't like 'marginal.'

Margarita Simonyan

everyone call like me

When the USSR collapsed, I was 11, and unlike many people, I don't miss it.

Margarita Simonyan

miss unlike many people

There is just a small difference between the United States and Russia - Russia does not teach the whole world democracy.

Margarita Simonyan

difference small democracy world

British media supported Hillary. No problem with that. No interference. Nothing. French media supported Hillary. No problem with that. Some Russian media supported Trump: 'Oh my God!'

Margarita Simonyan

nothing media problem god

RT did not support Trump.

Margarita Simonyan

did trump support

I'm a journalist. I've been a journalist ever since I was 18.

Margarita Simonyan

ever since been journalist

All of the mainstream French media - all of them - were jumping out of their pants to make people vote for Macron - all of them.

Margarita Simonyan

pants vote media people

All of the people who work in the Russian government and Russian presidential administration, in this way or another, work for Vladimir Putin.

Margarita Simonyan

government work people way

We never make editorial decisions with people who are working closely with Vladimir Putin, unless you consider myself a person who is working closely with Vladimir Putin.

Margarita Simonyan

never myself you people

If I saw and if I really sincerely thought that what Putin is doing is harmful for my country and for my people and it needs to be stopped, I wouldn't hesitate to do that.

Margarita Simonyan

doing thought country people

In the U.S., the country that has always been lecturing the world about the value of freedoms - of freedom of speech, of everyone's right to speak up - the U.S. has now become a beacon, a leader, in this movement to shut everyone up. That's so disappointing.

Margarita Simonyan

value freedom speak world

I'm so tired of this argument that all we ever do is under Kremlin orders and so and so forth. Tell me, how is it possible? I am not on the air. If you watch RT, you will see that all of our shows are hosted by people to whom it would be impossible to tell them anything.

Margarita Simonyan

i-am me you people