RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson is among 31 New Zealanders, many of them journalists, sanctioned by the Russian Federation over "anti-Russian propaganda".

Also on the list released by the Russian Foreign Ministry are NZME chief executive Michael Boggs, Stuff owner Sinead Boucher, NZME editor-in-charge Shayne Currie and Tova O'Brien of Today FM who conducted an interview with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky.

RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson is among the 31 on the list. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas

Also included is David Cohen, who completed the RNZ cookbook recently, and is a regular media contributor.

Clarke Gayford, the partner of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, is also sanctioned.

The ministry said those sanctioned were now indefinitely blocked from entering Russia.

-RNZ