Article in Al Jezeera by By Niko Vorobyov, 9/12/24
Headling: ” ‘Guerrilla projects’: Russia revels in US allegations of media warfare”
Subhead: “Public figures close to President Putin goad Washington after the DoJ alleged that RT is puppeteering social media influencers.”
“Last week, the United States Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing a Tennessee-based company, believed to be Tenet Media, of accepting millions of dollars from the Russian state-owned media outlet RT and promoting ‘pro-Russia propaganda and disinformation across social media to US audiences’.
. . . “As well as federal indictments, the US Treasury slapped RT, whose employees are accused of funneling cash to Tenet, with sanctions.
“Separately, the Russian-born former Trump adviser and conservative pundit, Dimitri Simes, was indicted for allegedly working on behalf of another sanctioned Russian broadcaster, Channel One.
“In Russia, news of the sanctions and indictments were framed as another front of informational warfare.”