The DOJ has charged Russian legislator Aleksandr Babakov and two of his aides with running a disinformation campaign targeting U.S. citizens, including lawmakers, for several years.
Russian businessman and politician Aleksandr Babakov in Moscow on Feb. 22, 2021. Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
The indictment also accused the three Russians of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions, sabotage diplomatic ties to allies, "promote "Russia’s illicit actions designed to destroy the sovereignty of Ukraine." Babakov, Vorobev, and Plisyuk also schemed to affect U.S. policy towards Russia through staged events, paid propaganda and the recruitment of at least one American citizen to do their bidding in an unofficial capacity," per the DOJ announcement.
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