INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
State Department is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to any foreign person or entity engaging in election
interference, it said just weeks before Americans select their next president.An announcement from the department's Rewards for Justice
program specifically singled out Russian media organization Rybar LLC, which it said used social media to "sow discord, promote social
division, stoke partisan and racial discord, and encourage hate and violence in the United States."There was no immediate reaction from
Rybar or Russian authorities.The State Department said Rybar had established a channel on the X platform called "TexasvsUSA," and used it
election to exploit the issue of undocumented immigrants crossing the Texas border.It said Rybar also used social media channels
#HOLDTHELINE and #STANDWTHTEXAS to spread pro-Russian propaganda.Rybar, it asserted, receives funding from Russian defense industrial
organization Rostec, which the U.S
particularly regarding nine named individuals it said helped carry out Rybar's "malign influence operations" over the U.S
of Russia's Spetsnaz special forces and former Defense Ministry employee, who has been under European Union sanctions since June
2023.Offering daily reports on battlefield developments in Ukraine, he has become one of the most famous and influential Russian military
bloggers.In April 2024, Zvinchuk announced the opening of a "Rybar Media School" in Serbia, saying on Telegram: "We have long studied the
West's approaches to waging information warfare against us."Now is the moment to apply our knowledge and teach our associates the right
approaches," he said, adding that this was "just the beginning" of this propaganda strategy in Western countries.A Message from The Moscow
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