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US-based NGO confirms running Russian opposition troll farm
The Free Russia Foundation (FRF), a Washington-based NGO, has confirmed running a network of paid online commenters focused on influencing Russian current affairs and the Ukrainian crisis. The pro-opposition troll farm was exposed in an explosive report published on Wednesday by SVTV, an online outlet created by Russian libertarian activist Mikhail Svetov. The report claimed, citing a trove of documents…
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US-based network manages pro-Navalny troll farm – investigation
An NGO founded by Russia’s jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been operating a vast network of paid online trolls to attack the government in Moscow and its political opponents alike, according to a media investigation published on Wednesday. The bombshell report about the troll network allegedly linked to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) was published by SVTV, an online outlet…
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Smiths Group acquire US-based manufacturer HCP in $82m deal
Smiths Group has acquired Heating and Cooling Products (HCP), a US-based manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning solutions. The engineering firm says it has acquired HCP for $82million (£65million) on a cash and debt-free basis from a private seller for less than seven times this year’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) figure. The firm also said…
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Head of US-based thinktank charged with acting as China agent | US politics
The head of a US thinktank has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, as well as seeking to broker the sale of weapons and Iranian oil, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said. Gal Luft, a citizen of the United States and Israel, is accused of recruiting and paying a former high-ranking US government official on behalf of…
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