The Department of Justice said Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, a resident of Moscow, and three FSB officials used various political groups in the United States to 'sow discord, spread pro-Kremlin propaganda and interfere in elections' within the U.S.
, a Moscow-based nationalist think tank partly funded but not controlled by the Kremlin.
It also used these groups to further the Russian government's "attempts to shape foreign perceptions and to influence populations by, among other things, seeking to create wedges that reduce trust and confidence in democratic processes." “The Department of Justice will not allow Russia to unlawfully sow division and spread misinformation inside the United States," he added.Ionov, through AGMR, "exercised direction and control over" an unnamed organization based in California whose goal was to promote the state's secession from the U.S.
He allegedly utilized that political group to spread Kremlin misinformation about Russia's illegal and. In video conferences hosted by the organization, the DOJ said Ionov falsely stated that anyone supporting Ukraine throughout the invasion "also supported Nazism and white supremacy."
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