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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV,
a/k/a Kostya,” and
ELENA AFANASYEVA,
ak/a “Lena,”
Defendants.
SEALED INDICTMENT
24 Cr. 24CRIM 519
ELENA AFANASYEVA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ELENA AFANASYEVA, a/k/a Lena,” the defendant, is a citizen of Russia and an employee of RT. AFANASYEVA has identified herself on social media as “a producer at RT, dealing with overseas affairs and news.” As set forth below, KALASHNIKOV introduced AFANASYEVA to TENETMEDIA staff and contributors as a member of KALASHNIKOV’s editing team, and AFANASYEVA collected information from and gave direction to TENETMEDIA personnel on behalf of RT in that covert capacity. AFANASYEVA utilized multiple fake personas at TENETMEDIA , including “Helena Shudra” and “Victoria Pesti.”