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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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Head of Russian Propaganda Site USA Really Calls It Quits
Read more: Head of Russian Propaganda Site USA Really Calls It QuitsAlexander Malkevich and his website USA Really were sanctioned for “attempted election interference” last year Alexander Malkevich (source) Alexander Malkevich, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Russian propaganda website USA Really, has quit the project after he and his site were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in December. Malkevich, who currently leads Russia’s Civic Chamber of…
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Daily Beast: Google Yanks Services From Sanctioned Russian Website
Read more: Daily Beast: Google Yanks Services From Sanctioned Russian WebsiteUSAReally.com has been barred from using Google Analytics as the website’s American contributors reconsider their involvement — The site’s parent company has postponed its lawsuit against Facebook while its attorneys apply for a sanctions exemption. Read my latest at The Daily Beast. Via “Google Yanks Services From Russian Propaganda Site” by Lachlan Markay and Dean…
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Round-Up 2018: Here’s the Scoop
Read more: Round-Up 2018: Here’s the ScoopRussian trolls and stealth political campaigns. Revisiting my scoopiest stories of 2018 2018 was undoubtedly my most successful year since I started writing at Shooting the Messenger almost five years ago. Once described as an “amateur sleuth” by Politico and unceremoniously trashed by a surrogate for U.S. president Donald Trump on Fox News (something I’ve…
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Head of Russian Disinfo Website Sanctioned by U.S. Treasury
Read more: Head of Russian Disinfo Website Sanctioned by U.S. TreasuryIn June I scooped a story about attempts by Russian government media adviser Alexander Malkevich to set up a troll factory-linked propaganda website in Washington, D.C. Yesterday Malkevich was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for “attempted election interference” Since April, I’ve been doing original reporting on USA Really, a now-infamous disinformation website aimed at U.S. readers.…
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Russian Trolls Gatecrashed a Washington D.C. Midterm Election Party at the National Press Club
Read more: Russian Trolls Gatecrashed a Washington D.C. Midterm Election Party at the National Press ClubRussia’s Federal News Agency allegedly engaged in attempts to interfere in U.S. elections. Last week it gatecrashed a National Press Club election night party attended by Michael Avenatti, who told me: “Putin must be so proud.” Attendees at a National Press Club election night event have become targets of a disinformation campaign by Moscow’s Federal…
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Daily Beast: D.C. Media Venture Boasts Indicted Russian Agent as CFO
Read more: Daily Beast: D.C. Media Venture Boasts Indicted Russian Agent as CFOIn June, USA Really tried to set up shop in Washington D.C. It just implicated itself in a multi-million dollar criminal conspiracy. Check out my latest byline at The Daily Beast. Via “D.C.-Based Russian Media Venture Boasts that Indicted Kremlin Operative Is Its CFO” by Lachlan Markay and Dean Sterling Jones, The Daily Beast, October 26, 2018:…
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Being Alexander Malkevich
Read more: Being Alexander MalkevichWhen the head of Russia’s new disinformation campaign arrived in Washington DC this week, reporters for NBC News and Foreign Policy were there to meet him Last week, I blogged an original story about Alexander Malkevich, a Russian government policy adviser and head of USA Really, a troll factory-linked propaganda organisation in Washington DC. Shortly…
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Beast from the East
Read more: Beast from the EastRound-up of news coverage re: Shooting the Messenger story about a DC-based Russian disinformation media campaign headed by a Russian government policy adviser Last week, I blogged an original story about a new Washington DC-based Russian disinformation campaign that was the culmination of over a month’s research. The story was subsequently picked up by The…
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