Indicted Russian Troll Factory Hails Trump Birthday
Caroline Orr
June 3, 2018 7:40 am
Russian operatives associated with the notorious St. Petersburg-based troll factory known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) have rolled out a new fake news website just in time to celebrate Trump’s birthday.
The website is part of a new project called “USA Really. Wake Up Americans,” which is run by RIA FAN, a Russian state media conglomerate linked to the IRA.
The first signs of the new website appeared in April, when RIA FAN released a joint press release/job announcement in both Russian and English, calling on English-speaking writers to apply to work for the new venture.
In the RIA FAN press release, “USA Really” is described as an “information agency” that will combat “growing political censorship imposed by the United States” by “promoting information and problems that are hushed up by major American publications controlled by the US political elite.”
RIA FAN press release announcing the launch of “USA Really,” a new Russian-backed propaganda outlet.
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