In mid-December 2005, back when U.S.-Russia relations remained on relatively friendly terms, a new media channel called Russia Today began broadcasting English-language news.
“It’s a very good start,” Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying of Russia Today at the time.
In subsequent years, Russia Today would rebrand to RT, expand into other languages, and even open a studio in Washington, D.C. in 2010.
The Tennessee company was not named in the indictment but appears to be Tenet Media, according to a review by NBC News of details included in the indictment.
Instead of shuttering, the state media organization found alternate ways to distribute content, including a social media bot farm, the DOJ said in a July news release outlining its efforts to remove the content.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Russia Today, RIA, U.S, Institute for Strategic, NBC News, Kremlin, RT, Government, Tenet Media, NBC, YouTube, Justice Department, WikiLeaks, RT America, DirecTV, DOJ, Clemson University’s, Espanol
Locations:
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