‘Little Russian media project’ tries to turn America against itself

By Tim Johnson

TECH
Friday, 22 Jun 2018
2:30 AM MYT

NEW YORK: Alexander Malkevich is an information warrior for Russia.

Over the weekend, he sat in an oyster bar in the basement of Grand Central Station in New York City and related the endless difficulties facing his English-language website, USA Really, which is financed by unnamed pro-Kremlin Russians.

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