THE INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY
In St. Petersburg, Russia, a staff of paid trolls built profiles, pages, personalities and communities to disrupt the United States 2016 election and beyond.

Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik aka Mikhail Abramov

Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik aka Mikhail Abramov
Burchik signed on with the project in October 2013 and was elevated to Executive Director, serving under Bystrov, by March 2014. He was responsible for operational planning, infrastructure and personnel. He too held in-person meetings with Prigozhin.

Defendant MIKHAIL LEONIDOVICH BURCHIK (Бурчик Михаил Леонидович) A/K/A MIKHAIL ABRAMOV joined the ORGANIZATION by at least in or around October 2013. By approximately March 2014, BURCHIK was the executive director, the ORGANIZATION’s second-highest ranking position. Throughout the ORGANIZATION’s operations to interfere in the U.S political system, including the 2016 U.S. presidential election, BURCHIK was a manager involved in operational planning, infrastructure, and personnel. In or around 2016, BURCHIK also had in-person meetings with PRIGOZHIN.