US accuses Russian accountant of wanting to interfere in November elections

The United States Department of Justice has officially indicted a Russian accountant yesterday for being ingested in the November 6 legislative elections in the United States. This is the first charge for these accusations, two weeks before the elections.
"The accusations indicate that Russian citizen Elena Khusyaynova conspired with other citizens of her country to interfere in American democracy," said US Deputy Attorney General John Demers.
According to the US website "Politico", Khusyaynova, a 44-year-old Saint Petersburg accountant, is reported to have been involved in a plan of more than $ 10 million since the beginning of the year in related activities. advertising in the media and publications. who claim to "divide and disagree in the American political system".
Lakhta. The woman, who has not yet been arrested by the United States, would work for a company based in Russia, which the special lawyer Robert Mueller accused last February of having participated in interferences in the presidential election of 2016, where Donald had succeeded. Trump.
Khusyaynova will lead the "Lakhta Project", an initiative with local objectives, in Russia, the United States, the countries of the European Union and Ukraine, among others.
The operation was aimed at influencing both the last general elections of 2016 and the elections of November 6th.
WAR Between January 2016 and June 2018, this project had an initial budget of $ 35 million, although only a portion was destined for the United States. Between January and June of this year, they invested $ 10 million.
According to internal messages analyzed by the US government, members of the Lakhta team have described this project as an "information war against the United States."
This group is supposed to have become an American activist and among its actions is the creation of fake users on social networks.

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