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Thread, from @moscow_project on latest indictment of a Russian national on charges of 2018 election interference (legally, conspiracy to defraud the United States). Keen observers will recognize the name Prigozhin, a prominent oligarch close to Putin, and...
...closely associated as well with the Wagner group that runs quasi-private mercenary operations using Russian nationals in Ukraine, the Middle East & Africa. Early last February Wagner personnel, apparently without coordinating with uniformed Russian military in Syria...
...advanced on a US/Kurdish base near Deir al-Zour. They fell under fire from US artillery and air power; Russian casualties were variously estimated at a couple of dozen to over a hundred dead, very likely the heaviest Russian loss of life in the war. washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
Prigozhin has already been indicted pursuant to Robert Mueller's investigation, on charges related to the 2016 election. Today's indictment appears to be one more thread in a very dense fabric. @mattzap @nakashimae @DevlinBarrett @rachelweinerwp washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Copy of the criminal complaint, via the indispensable @benjaminwittes at @lawfareblog
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Robert Mueller has indicted 13 #Russian🇷🇺nationals & 3 Russian entities for INTERFERING in the 2016 presidential election‼️ 1/

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