The Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Wednesday against two Russian nationals who allegedly carried out a foreign influence plot in the United States, a move that came as part of the department’s broader investigation into election interference activities.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said that in addition to a grand jury indicting the pair, who are both employees of the Russia-controlled media outlet RT, the department was also seizing dozens of internet domains that it alleged were spreading Russian government propaganda in the U.S. at the behest of the Kremlin.
Kostiantyn Kalashnikov, 31, and Elena Afanasyeva, 27, face charges of conspiring to commit money laundering and violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The pair are at large, DOJ officials said. They would each face up
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