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U.S. Charges Russian for Conspiracy to Interfere in 2016 and 2018 Elections
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova
Some additional notes. Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a corrupt/crony oligarch extremely close to Vladimir Putin. His Concord Catering firm supplies all meals to the Russian military. His Concord Management and Consulting LLC umbrella firm includes ownership of the Internet Research Agency [the 24/7 Russian troll factory in St. Petersburg, Russia], and the Wagner (Vagner) Group [the largest private military contractor (PMC) in Russia, with Wagner mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, Syria, and numerous African nations including Libya]. It was Russian Wagner mercenaries that attacked US military forces on 7 February 2018 in Deir al-Zour Province, Syria which borders Iraq. The Lakhta Center is a 87 story skyscraper currently under construction in the outskirts of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing 462 metres tall, the Lakhta Center is the tallest building in Russia, the tallest building in Europe, and the 13th-tallest building in the world. Both Putin and Prigozhin hail from St. Petersburg, Russia.
Putin crony Yevgeniy Prigozhin.
Despite overwhelming US/international evidence to the contrary, Trump says he believes Putin when the KGB Colonel denies any 2016 Russian election interference.
Related: Justice Dept. charges Russian woman with interference in midterm elections
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova
10/19/18
A Russian national was charged by the U.S. for allegedly being one of the masterminds behind a conspiracy to interfere in both the 2016 and 2018 elections, marking the first charges related to next month’s congressional midterm vote. The woman, identified as Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova of St. Petersburg, Russia, allegedly served as the chief accountant for an operation known as “Project Lakhta,” the Justice Department said Friday in a statement. The department identified the operation as "a Russian umbrella effort funded by Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin and two companies he controls, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, and Concord Catering." The charges come as top U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies warn Americans about ongoing efforts by Russia, China and other foreign actors to interfere in the 2018 midterm and 2020 presidential elections. The charges announced on Friday centered on a conspiracy that included the creation of thousands of social media and email accounts that appeared to be run by U.S. persons as part of what the conspirators referred to as “information warfare against the United States.”
The new charges on Friday say that Khusyaynova, 44, played a central financial management role, in a conspiracy to conduct “information warfare against the United States," the Justice Department said. The conspiracy, which had a proposed operating budget of more than $35 million, “continues to this day,” according to the statement. "This effort was not only designed to spread distrust towards candidates for U.S. political office and the U.S. political system in general, but also to defraud the United States by impeding the lawful functions of government agencies in administering relevant federal requirements," according to the department.
Some additional notes. Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a corrupt/crony oligarch extremely close to Vladimir Putin. His Concord Catering firm supplies all meals to the Russian military. His Concord Management and Consulting LLC umbrella firm includes ownership of the Internet Research Agency [the 24/7 Russian troll factory in St. Petersburg, Russia], and the Wagner (Vagner) Group [the largest private military contractor (PMC) in Russia, with Wagner mercenaries in eastern Ukraine, Syria, and numerous African nations including Libya]. It was Russian Wagner mercenaries that attacked US military forces on 7 February 2018 in Deir al-Zour Province, Syria which borders Iraq. The Lakhta Center is a 87 story skyscraper currently under construction in the outskirts of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing 462 metres tall, the Lakhta Center is the tallest building in Russia, the tallest building in Europe, and the 13th-tallest building in the world. Both Putin and Prigozhin hail from St. Petersburg, Russia.
Putin crony Yevgeniy Prigozhin.
Despite overwhelming US/international evidence to the contrary, Trump says he believes Putin when the KGB Colonel denies any 2016 Russian election interference.
Related: Justice Dept. charges Russian woman with interference in midterm elections