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| US sanctions 16 Russian military spies, troll farm |
| 2018-12-20 |
| [Al Jazeera] The US Treasury sanctioned 16 members of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency over a "wide range of malign activity", including interference in the 2016 presidential vote and hacking international organizations. The move came on Wednesday "in response to Russia's continued disregard for international norms", the Treasury said in a statement. Those targetted included Victor Alekseyevich Boyarkin, a former GRU officer who acted on behalf of sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, it said. "Deripaska and Boyarkin were involved in providing Russian financial support to a Montenegrin political party ahead of Montenegro's 2016 elections," the Treasury said. Deripaska was among several oligarchs, senior government officials, and a state-owned Russian weapons trading company that the US sanctioned in April. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, two GRU agents, who allegedly took part in the attempted liquidation of Sergei Skripal in the United Kingdom, were also among the sanctioned. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 *Facepalm* So what if Greenpeace-USA, PETA-USA, or any other NGO that has a base in the USA, attempts to influence public affairs in another country...? Does the US Government help the foreign government to |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-12-20 03:41 |
| #2 Meanwhile the North Korean , Chinese , Iranian, and who knows who else continue to troll the US for influence and money. |
| Posted by: Snavimble Bucket1794 2018-12-20 01:56 |
| #1 Make America a Joke Again? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-12-20 00:44 |