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‘s media and internet assets, included the Internet Research Agency, the so-called “troll farm” linked to Russian attempts to meddle in U.S. elections. Patriot director Yevgeny Zubarev said this week that the Internet Research Agency, which was tasked with conducting online influence operations to advance Russian interests, had operated underIn the run-up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, IRA employees regularly posed as Americans to offer financial help to U.S. protest movements tackling socially divisive topics, according to a 2017 investigation by Russian newspaper RBC.
The investigation, based on accounts from several IRA employees, identified more than 100 Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts it said were used to contact U.S.-based activists offering help with organizing protests and events, focusing on race relations and gun rights among other front-page issues.
Prigozhin’s media group encompassed dozens of media outlets, including RIA FAN, the news agency whose U.S. subsidiary USA Really pilloried “mainstream media” and praised then-President Donald Trump in its mission statement.
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