The day before, the US Department of Justice officially accused 13 Russian citizens of interfering in the presidential elections. One of the defendants in this case was an Azerbaijani, who appeared as the head of the "American department" of the "troll factory". Jeyhun Aslanov is the head of several projects and director of the Azimut company, which, according to the American authorities, ...

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian General Staff (also known as the GRU) launched a propaganda campaign in 2014 on social networks and in the comments of leading English-language media. This is reported by the Washington Post, citing a secret intelligence report that came to the disposal of journalists. ...

$ 2,2 million, 100 people, more than 6 million subscribers and reach up to 70 million per week: RBC magazine found out how the "troll factory" from St. Petersburg tried to influence the outcome of the US presidential election on October 22, 2016, the city of Charlotte, North Caroline. On a sunny Saturday, several ...

The topic of the Russian trace in the US elections has been discussed for several months. In late September, Facebook announced to the US Congress about fake accounts and purchases of political advertising in the interests of Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. Then it turned out that Russia was using it to influence sympathies ...