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Here is Indicted Russian Alexander Ionov’s Response to My Recent Lawfare Article
Read more: Here is Indicted Russian Alexander Ionov’s Response to My Recent Lawfare Article“[YOU] CALL ME FOREST GUMP hinting at amateurism on my part. Here I want to answer you, Forest, although he was a simple man […] conquered the hearts of Americans and became a hero.” Last month, freelance Aussie journalist Elise Thomas and I published an article for Lawfare about Russian businessman Alexander Ionov, who has…
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Russia’s Latest Troll Site is a Total Failure
Read more: Russia’s Latest Troll Site is a Total FailureTHE FOUNDATION TO BATTLE INJUSTICE claims to be a human rights organisation for victims of state violence in predominantly English-speaking countries. Dubbed the “Russian FBI” in its home country, the organisation is, in fact, the latest project of Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was recently added to the American FBI’s “Most Wanted” list for allegedly organising online…
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Round-Up 2019: Creating a Buzz
Read more: Round-Up 2019: Creating a BuzzHackers, backlinks, and Russian trolls. Revisiting my scoopiest stories of 2019 First up, a perennial thanks to zen master blogger Peter Heimlich and his wife Karen Shulman, BuzzFeed News Media Editor Craig Silverman, EIC Ben Smith, and online disinfo chronicler extraordinaire Jane Lytvynenko, Daily Beast EIC Noah Shachtman, reporters Lachlan Markay, Lachlan Cartwright, and Asawin…
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Maria Butina’s Russian Advocate Responds to News Coverage of His Latest Fundraising Efforts
Read more: Maria Butina’s Russian Advocate Responds to News Coverage of His Latest Fundraising EffortsAlexander Ionov, who currently oversees convicted Russian agent Maria Butina’s legal fund, claims U.S. journalists are putting “psychological pressure” on Butina’s lawyers From left: Alexander Ionov, Valery Butin, and Alexander Malkevich (source) Last week, I blogged a quick story re: Maria Butina’s recent fundraising efforts. Investigative reporter Casey Michel also wrote about this story via…
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ThinkProgress Shout-out
Read more: ThinkProgress Shout-outThinkProgress cites Shooting the Messenger story re: Russian propaganda site Yesterday, Shooting the Messenger and American news website ThinkProgress published stories about efforts by Russian propagandist Alexander Malkevich and others to help raise money for convicted Russian agent Maria Butina. The ThinkProgress story, by investigative reporter Casey Michel, cited some of my previous work on…
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Sanctioned Russian Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Joins Maria Butina Fundraising Efforts
Read more: Sanctioned Russian Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Joins Maria Butina Fundraising EffortsMalkevich was sanctioned by the U.S. government for “attempted election interference” last year. Malkevich “did not contribute personal funds!” says Butina’s Russian advocate Alexander Ionov, who runs a Kremlin-backed NGO that helped promote U.S. separatist groups. Alexander Malkevich (source) Alexander Malkevich, former editor-in-chief of U.S.-sanctioned Russian propaganda website USA Really, has announced he is crowdfunding…
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Round-Up: Maria Butina’s Russian Fundraiser
Read more: Round-Up: Maria Butina’s Russian FundraiserRound-up of news coverage re: Shooting the Messenger story about the Kremlin-backed company paying for Maria Butina’s legal expenses Via “The Enigmatic Russian Paying Maria Butina’s Legal Bills” by Natasha Bertrand, The Atlantic, March 20, 2019: Maria Butina, the first Russian to plead guilty to seeking to infiltrate and influence American policy makers in the run-up to…
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SCOOP: Maria Butina’s Russian Fundraiser Hosted and Boasted U.S. Separatists Prior to 2016 Election
Read more: SCOOP: Maria Butina’s Russian Fundraiser Hosted and Boasted U.S. Separatists Prior to 2016 ElectionThe Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia was paid by the Kremlin to fly Texas and California separatists to Moscow in September 2016 Maria Butina (source) Maria Butina’s legal defense fund is being handled by a Kremlin-backed Russian company that hosted and boasted U.S. separatist groups shortly before the 2016 presidential election. The Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia…
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