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Vitali Klitschko Confronts Joe Rogan for Promoting Russian Propaganda on Ukraine, Rogan Defends Kremlin Narratives

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Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv and former world heavyweight boxing champion, publicly confronted Joe Rogan on November 24, 2024, accusing him of “repeating Russian propaganda” after Rogan promoted Kremlin narratives about Ukraine’s 2014 Maidan Revolution and declined an interview …

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State Department Exposes RT as Fully Integrated Russian Intelligence Operation with Embedded Cyber Capabilities

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on September 13, 2024 that the State Department was revealing declassified U.S. intelligence findings showing RT (Russia Today) has evolved into a full-scale Russian intelligence operation. The key revelation was that in Spring 2023, the Russian government …

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Russian RT Employees Begin Funneling Money Through Tenet Media to US Influencers

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RT employees start sending millions to Tenet Media to pay American influencers including Tim Pool and Benny Johnson for pro-Russia content without disclosure, part of $10M influence operation

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Russian State Media Outlet RT America Ceases Operations and Lays Off All Staff After Major Distributors Drop Channel

| Importance: 7/10

RT America, the U.S.-based arm of Russia’s state-controlled media network RT (Russia Today), announced on March 3, 2022 that it was immediately ceasing production and laying off more than 100 employees after major American cable distributors dropped the channel in response to Russia’s …

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