The U.S. government is offering up to $10 million for information about the Russian media outlet Libar. The news organization said it had strengthened “Russia’s military capabilities” and promoted “pro-Russian rhetoric.” This is part of a broader US crackdown on Russia suspicions. Election interference.
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The U.S. government is offering up to $10 million for information about the Russian media outlet Libar and its employees.
According to the State Department’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) statement, the United States believes that Liver, which has more than 1.3 million Telegram subscribers, “strengthens Russia’s military power and promotes pro-Russian and anti-Western rhetoric.” He said he tried. Website.
The RFJ program site identified nine key people the government was seeking information from, including Mikhail Zvinchuk, who runs a blog.
“If you have information about Rybar LLC, these individuals, their malign activities, or any associated persons or entities, please contact Rewards for Justice,” the group said.
These individuals are working to spread divisive and racially disinformation with the goal of interfering with U.S. elections. They are doing this work for Leiber, a contractor of the Russian government-owned conglomerate Rostec. Please help stop them. Please send your tips. pic.twitter.com/jLdDvdnkrD
— Rewards for Justice (@RFJ_USA) October 16, 2024
The government said Liver, which focuses on the Russia-Ukraine war, also operated propaganda channels such as #HOLDTHELINE and #STANDWITHTEXAS to advance Russia’s political interests in the United States.
According to the paper, Leiber also set up a “TEXAS vs USA” channel on It is said that there is.
Mr. Zvinchuk denied that Mr. Leiber was involved in election interference.
According to a statement from RFJ, Liver is currently receiving funding from Russian defense company Rostec, which has been under sanctions from the United States since June 2022.
But it added that the company had previously received funding from the late Evgeny Prigozhin, a former leader of the mercenary Wagner Group and once a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Prigozhin, who died in a plane crash last year, admitted to interfering in Western elections in 2022.
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“We have intervened, we are interfering, and we will continue to intervene. Carefully, precisely, surgically, and in the way we know how to do it,” he said. said.
The Institute for the Study of War previously said the Kremlin “used the Liver Channel as part of its efforts to strengthen the Kremlin’s control over Russia’s information space.”
ISW said that Leiber was seeking to increase his influence in the “international information space,” adding that he “may have been supporting Iraq’s Iranian-backed efforts to strengthen its control over Iraq’s information space.” “is high,” he said.
The new bounty was part of a broader U.S. crackdown on allegations of Russian election interference.
In September, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on Russian state broadcaster RT in response to allegations of “adverse influence operations.”
