It has been accused of meddling in elections including in the US and other Western countries. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Sanctioned by Washington and Brussels, Mr Prigozhin has for years been accused of running the Internet Research Agency, a notorious St Petersburg-based troll farm.
It has been accused of meddling in elections, including in the United States and other Western countries. On Tuesday, Mr Prigozhin said for the first time that the Internet Research Agency was his brainchild.“It was created to protect the Russian information space from boorish aggressive propaganda of the West’s anti-Russian talking points.”
On the eve of the US midterm vote in November 2022, Mr Prigozhin admitted to trying to change the outcome of US elections. He also admitted in September that he had founded the Wagner group, whose fighters have been at the forefront of
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