The United States has imposed new sanctions against two individuals and two entities connected to a Russian disinformation campaign that included a bevy of fake news websites, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.
Those sanctioned include Moscow-based Social Design Agency (SDA) and its founder Ilya Andreevich Gambashidze, along with Russia-based Company Group Structura LLC and its owner and CEO Nikolai Aleksandrovich Tupikin, the Treasury said in a statement.
The two companies are believed to be have played a key role in providing services to the Russian government’s disinformation efforts, including the “creation of websites designed to impersonate government organizations and legitimate media outlets in Europe.”
Tupikin and Gambashidze are accused of establishing more than 60 websites impersonating legitimate news organizations and “misleading” social media accounts to promote their impersonated websites. The Treasury said these websites included images and working links to legitimate sites.
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