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US announces reward of up to $10 million for information on Russian propagandists
The United States has announced a reward of up to $10 million for information about the Russian Rybar project.
The information was published on the website of the Rewards For Justice program of the US Department of State.
According to the US authorities, the Russian project tried to interfere in the US presidential election.
The organization publicly stated that Rybar was a Russian media organization previously funded by the founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
According to the US, Rybar is currently receiving money for working for the Rostec state corporation, which is under US sanctions.
“The “Rybar” relies on connections and funding from Rostec to strengthen Russia’s military capabilities and promote pro-Russian and anti-Western ideological attitudes,” the report states.
According to the United States, Rybar operates the propaganda media channels HOLDTHELINE and STANDWTHTEXAS to promote the political interests of the Russian government in the United States.
Both projects are used by supporters of pro-Republican voting in the United States, and the first of them appeared in accounts with an audience of more than a million people.
Also, according to the US, Rybar created the TEXASvsUSA account on X to exploit the issue of illegal immigrants crossing the Texas border.
This account was suspended for violating the social network’s rules. Using this account, the US authorities believe that Rybar tried to “sow discord, promote social divisions, incite partisan and racial hatred, and call for hatred and violence in the United States.”
The Rewards for Justice program offers a reward for information leading to the location of Rybar project employees who “knowingly participated or are participating in interference in the U.S. election,” as well as for information that will prevent foreign interference in the election.
A few months ago, a large Russian network of profiles created to discredit the TCC (Territorial Center of Recruitment) and mobilization efforts in Ukraine was discovered on TikTok
