The United States of America has imposed restrictions on Russians who were involved in spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda in Latin American countries.
This was reported by the US Department of the Treasury.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on two individuals and two entities for services they provided to the government of the Russian Federation.
They attempted to portray themselves as legitimate media outlets and engaged in a campaign to spread malign influence abroad.
Brian Nelson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism and Financial Intelligence, stated that the United States seeks to expose large-scale campaigns conducted by Russia at the direction of the government, aimed at deceiving voters and undermining trust in democratic institutions in the United States and around the world.
Russia uses a variety of tools, including campaigns of harmful influence and illegal cyber activities, to undermine the interests of the United States, its allies, and partners, particularly in Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe.
In these efforts, Russia regularly employs its intelligence services, trusted individuals, and influence tools.
"Russia’s influence actors have increasingly adapted their methods to hide their involvement by developing a vast ecosystem of Russian proxy websites, personas, and organizations which give the false appearance of being independent news sources," the Treasury Department writes.
Russia has spread propaganda and sought to interfere in American elections, undermine democracy in Moldova, and destabilize the situation in Ukraine.
Under US sanctions are political technologist and founder of the "Agency for Social Engineering" and "Structures" Ilya Gamburg, as well as the CEO of the company "Structure" Mykola Tupikin.
The US believes that Gamburg and Tupikin, since the fall of 2022, have deployed a network of over 60 websites through which they disseminated false information about the war in Ukraine and information discrediting US and NATO policies on the continent in Latin American countries.
