RUSSIAN MEDDLING INDICTMENT
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER CHARGED 13 RUSSIANS AND THREE RUSSIAN COMPANIES WITH INTERFERING IN THE 2016 ELECTION.
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, 56 The boss, also known as ‘Putin’s Chef’
■ He is said to have used his businesses, Concord Catering and Concord Management and Consulting, to fund the Internet Research Agency, known as the ‘Kremlin Troll factory’ which was the vehicle for the alleged interference.
■ He allegedly used bogus social media postings and advertisements fraudulently purchased in the name of Americans to influence the White House race.
■ Prigozhin paid the salaries of the other 12 defendants who worked for the research company
2. Mikhail Bystrov, retired police colonel and the CEO frontman for the ‘troll factory’
■ Bystrov was listed as the CEO of Internet Research Agency and his name has been linked to other companies which have been tied to the election interference.
3. Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik, aka Mikhail Abramov, the second in command
■ Burchik was Bystrov's righthand man at the organization, according to Mueller's complaint.
4. Sergey Pavlovich Polozov, IT whiz who used US servers to hide 'troll factorys’ real location in Russia.
■ His biggest responsibility was hiding the location of the Internet Research’s Agency HQ, now known to be 55 Savushkina Street in the Olgina neighborhood of St Petersburg.
5. Aleksandra Yurevna Krylova, female spy who 'came to US in 2013 to gather information and report it back'
■ Mueller’s complaint gives little detail of the background lives of the lesser known employees and there is scarce information about them available. 6. Anna Vladislavovn a Bogacheva, data analyst. 7. Maria Anatolyevna Bovda, project manager. 8. Robert Sergeyevish Bovda. 9. Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly. 10. Vadim Vladimirovich Podkopaev. 11. Gleb Igorevich Vasilchenko. 12. Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina. 13. Vladimir Venkov.