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13 Russian Nationals Indicted For Interfering With U.S. Elections
Thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian entities were indicted on Friday, “accused of violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes,” according to the special counsel’s office.
1. The United States of America, through its departments and agencies, regulates the activities
of foreign individuals and entities in and affecting the United States in order to prevent, disclose,
and counteract improper foreign infuence on US. elections and on the US. political system. US.
law bans foreign nationals from making certain expenditures or financial disbursements for the
purpose of infuencing federal elections. US. law also bars agents of any foreign entity from
engaging in political activities within the United States without first registering with the Attorney
General. And US. law requires certain foreign nationals seeking entry to the United States to
obtain a visa by providing truthful and accurate information to the government. Various federal
agencies, including the Federal Election Commission, the US. Department of Justice, and the US.
Department of State, are charged with enforcing these laws.
2. Defendant INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY LLC is a Russian
organization engaged in operations to interfere with elections and political processes. Defendants
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH MIKHAIL LEONIDOVICH BURCHIK, ALEKSANDRA
YURYEVNA KRYLOVA, ANNA VLADISLAVOVNA BOGACHEVA, SERGEY PAVLOVICH
POLOZOV, MARIA ANATOLYEVNA BOVDA, ROBERT SERGEYEVICH BOVDA,
DZHEYKHUN NASIMI OGLY ASLANOV, VADIM VLADIMIROVICH PODKOPAEV, GLEB
IGOREVICH VASILCHENKO, IRINA VIKTOROVNA KAVERZINA, and VLADIMIR
VENKOV worked in various capacities to carry out Defendant interference
operations targeting the United States. From in or around 2014 to the present, Defendants
knowingly and intentionally conspired with each other (and with persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury) to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawfulfunctions of the government through fraud and deceit for the purpose of interfering with the US.
political and electoral processes, including the presidential election of 2016.
13 Russian Nationals Indicted For Interfering With U.S. Elections | HuffPost
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