Russia’s RT is waging covert information warfare around the world, Biden admin says
Politics,Threats To Democracy,Russia,Disinformation
The Biden administration accused Russia’s global TV network RT on Friday of carrying out covert information warfare operations around the world as an arm of Moscow’s spy agencies, including raising funds to buy weapons for Russian forces waging war against Ukraine. Citing declassified intelligence, U.S. officials announced new sanctions against Russian state media and said the administration was launching a diplomatic effort to inform foreign partners about RT, the state-funded outlet that they said had secretly pushed out propaganda through media sites in South America, Europe and Africa while hiding...
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