INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The when publicity-averse creator of Russias Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has for the very first time verified the widespread
belief that he likewise established the Internet Research Agency, much better known as the network of giant farms utilized to push Kremlin
propaganda stories around the globe over the past years
I was never ever simply a financier of the Internet Research Agency
I created it, I created it, I ran it for a very long time, Prigozhin informed journalists from Germanys Der Spiegel magazine, adding that
he had actually set the company up to safeguard the Russian info space from boorish, aggressive anti-Russian propaganda by the West
Prigozhins honest admission-- not dissimilar to the one he made in September when he lastly validated that he had actually founded the
Wagner group-- is surprising given that he has actually taken legal action versus several reporters and media outlets who have actually
referred to him in connection to Russian troll farms in the past.The giant farm or troll factory, as the Internet Research Agency is
referred to in the international press, is known to be based in St
Petersburg, but otherwise stays a shadowy company regardless of efforts by multiple investigative reporters throughout the years to expose
it to greater scrutiny.According to the FBI, the Internet Research Agency carried out a huge disinformation project to affect the result of
governmental election, and in February 2021, it revealed it was looking for Prigozhin on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the United
States, interfering in U.S
domestic politics and trying to affect a presidential election, using a money reward of up to $250,000 for information that could result in
