EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Simply two months earlier than the November 5 U.S. election, Russian disinformation operations seem like in full swing. Having warned all yr that such operations would take purpose on the American citizens, the U.S. has issued indictments in opposition to workers of the Russian state media community RT, charging them with covertly funding and directing a U.S. firm to supply content material to affect American voters.
The 32-page indictment mentioned the workers used shell corporations to pay $10 million to a Tennessee entity to create on-line movies that may amplify political divisions within the U.S. Based on the fees, the corporate, Tenet, used influential conservative social media figures to push excessive – and sometimes false – narratives about election fraud, the Covid-19 pandemic, immigration and Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.