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    What Is the Internet Research Agency?

    The origin of the Russian “troll farm” that allegedly targeted America’s 2016 presidential election.
    by Krishnadev Calamur Feb 16, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Dado Ruvic / Reuters

    The Internet Research Agency is a Russian troll farm in St. Petersburg—in essence a Kremlin-backed enterprise staffed with hundreds of people whose main job is to sow disinformation on the internet. The organization, which serves as a propaganda arm for Russian President Vladimir Putin,  is at the heart of the indictments handed down Friday by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

    The indictment alleges that IRA officials began targeting the United States in 2014 and continued until the November 2016 election that saw the election of President Trump. (The indictment does not allege collusion between these individuals and the

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