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RT, June 12, 2013; Stefan Meister and Jana Pugleirin,
Perception and Exploitation Russia’s Non-Military Influence in Europe, German Council on Foreign Relations, (Oct. 2015). Paul and Matthews,
The Russian ‘‘Firehose of Falsehood Propaganda Model, 3Rand Corporation, at 5, 2016.
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‘‘RT’s 2016 Budget Announced, Down from 2015, MSM Too Stumped to Spin
RT, May
4, 2016; About RT RT, https://www.rt.com/about-us/, (visited Dec. 6, 2017). Committee Staff Discussion with Russian Human Rights Activists.
Brett LoGuirato, John Kerry Just Gave Russia A Final Warning
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Margarita Simonyan, has close ties to several top officials in the Russian government, including the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, Aleksey Gromov, who is one of RT’s founders and now reportedly manages political TV coverage in Russia. Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
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