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U.S. issues fresh charges over alleged Moscow influence campaign

Security officers stand guard outside of the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

The U.S. Justice Department announced new charges on Tuesday against four Americans in Florida and three Russians for allegedly working on behalf of Moscow "to conduct a multi-year foreign malign influence campaign in the United States."

The superseding indictment from a federal grand jury in Tampa adds charges to Moscow resident Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov and also names Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers Aleksey Borisovich Sukhodolov and Yegor Sergeyevich Popov, the department said.

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