US authorities have charged two Russian media employees with attempting to interfere with November’s presidential election. RT’s Konstantin Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva are accused of funding a Tennessee company to spread the Kremlin’s hidden messages. Propaganda researcher Emma Briant says a Russian ‘intelligence operation’ was allegedly aimed at influencing American voters in the guise of ‘free speech and journalism’.
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