What a story: A former sheriff from Florida has received political asylum in Moscow, and is now a key player in Russia's disinformation operations against the West, the NYT reports.
"Working from an apartment crowded with servers and other computer equipment, Mr. Dougan has built an ever-growing network of more than 160 fake websites that mimic news outlets in the United States, Britain and France."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/business/mark-dougan-russia-disinformation.html
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