THE INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY
Set up by Yevgeney Prigozhin, the IRA engaged in an information operation against the United States in the 2016 election cycle and beyond.
July 2013
INDICTMENT: Internet Research Agency registers with Russian corporate funded by Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, aka “Putin’s Chef”[i]
April 2014
Internet Research Agency begins “translator” project, an effort to influence Americans via social media.[ii]
June 2014
INDICTMENT: Internet Research Agency begins operations against the US 2016 Elections[iii]
The IRA operated under multiple names including MediaSintez LLC, GlavSet LLC, MixInfo LLC, Azimut LLC, and NovInfo LLC. The group was located at 55 Savushkina St in Pt Petersburg, Russia.
June 2015
The Internet Research Agency (Russian troll army) created by Prigozhen (Putin’s chef)
July 2016
Internet Research Agency’s “Translator Project” has more than 80 employees.[iv]
February 16, 2018
Internet Research Agency charged
U.S. v. Internet Research Agency indictment, https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download