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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (68931)	4/29/2018 3:13:59 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 356926

Internet Research Agency The Internet Research Agency (IRA) ( Russian: ????????? ????????-????????????, also known as Glavset [2] and known in Russian Internet slang as the Trolls from Olgino or kremlebots) is a Russian company, based in Saint Petersburg, engaged in online influence operations on behalf of Russian business and political interests. The Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (report) issued in January 2017 by the United States Intelligence Community has described the Agency as a troll farm financed by a Putin ally with ties to Russian intelligence services, with some of the trolls having previously been used to advocate online for pro-Russia causes in Ukraine. The agency has employed fake accounts registered on major social networks, discussion boards, online newspapersites, and video hosting services to promote the Kremlin's interests in domestic and foreign policy including Ukraine and the Middle East as well as attempting to influence the 2016 United States presidential election. More than 1,000 employees reportedly worked in a single building of the agency in 2015.