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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
TENET MEDIA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- TENETMEDIA is a United States corporation established under the laws of Tennessee. Chen has described TENETMEDIA as the U.S. subsidiary of Chen‘s Canadian company, CANADIAN TENET MEDIA ; as set forth above, from in or about March 2021 to in or about February 2022, Chen used CANADIAN TENET MEDIA to produce content for RT pursuant to a written contract. Chen incorporated TENETMEDIA on or about January 19, 2022, and applied with the Tennessee Department of State to transact business under its current operating name, which TENETMEDIA uses on its website and social media channels, on or about May 22, 2023. On its website, TENETMEDIA describes itself as a “network of heterodox commentators that focus on Western political and cultural issues” and identifies six commentators—including Dave Rubin and Tim Pool—as its “talent.” TENETMEDIA regularly posts videos featuring these commentators, as well as other videos that do not feature the commentators, across an array of social media channels, including YouTube, TikTok, X, Facebook, Instagram, and Rumble. To support the production and publication of its videos, TENETMEDIA employs three staff producers—Producer-1, Producer-2, and a third individual (“Producer-3“)—and a purported outside editing firm staffed by, among others, KALASHNIKOV and AFANASYEVA.