WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has charged a contributor to Channel One Russia, a Russian state-run TV channel, and his wife with violating U.S. sanctions and money laundering.

The indictment, filed and unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses Dmitri Simes, 76, and his wife, Anastasia Simes, 55, of participating in a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions for the benefit of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster and to launder money obtained through…