The US government has charged a Russian national with plotting to wage “information warfare” against the United States, which includes influencing next month’s congressional elections.
Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova was charged in Alexandria, Virginia with playing a major financial role in what the US claimed is a Kremlin-backed plan, according to a government official with knowledge of the matter.
Khusyaynova, 44, is the first individual to be indicted for allegedly attempting to interfere in the Nov. 6 elections.
The criminal complaint said Khusyaynova was the chief accountant for Project Lakhta, which was funded by Russian oligarch Evgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin and two companies – Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Concord Catering- which work under Prigozhin’s control.
Through using social media and other avenues, the participants waged “information warfare against the United States” in a bid to sow distrust of candidates for US…