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Unsealed Indictment Reveals $10 Million in Funding from RT to MAGA Personalities

A recently unsealed indictment filed by the Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York has revealed one element of Russia’s ongoing election interference campaign. According to the document, two Russian nationals identified as Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva were part of a misinformation campaign aimed at American voters. Specifically, these two individuals provided editorial guidance and pushed pro-Russian talking points to a collection of American streamers and social media figures affiliated with Tenet Media in exchange for $10 million dollars worth of funding over several months. These two individuals were employed by Russia Today during this scheme and have been formally charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. Tenet Media is owned by Lauren Chen, a millennial Canadian with close ties to Glen Beck’s “TheBlaze” and the conservative student organization “Turning Point USA”.

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