[CRAIG NIGRELLI]
A JURY CONVICTED FOUR U.S. CITIZENS, INCLUDING A PROMINENT LEADER OF THE AFRICAN PEOPLE’S SOCIALIST PARTY, OF CONSPIRING TO SERVE AS UNDECLARED AGENTS FOR RUSSIA.
FROM 2015 TO 2022, THE INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORTED RUSSIAN EFFORTS TO CREATE POLITICAL UNREST IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ORGANIZED PROTESTS CHALLENGING U.S. POLICIES AND HIGHLIGHTING RACIAL INJUSTICES, ALIGNING WITH KREMLIN EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE U-S POLITICAL SYSTEM AND SOW DIVISION..
PROSECUTORS SAID THE GROUP, DIRECTED BY RUSSIA, ORGANIZED PROTESTS IN 2016 ACCUSING THE U.S. OF COMMITTING GENOCIDE AGAINST BLACK AMERICANS. THE CONVICTED AGENTS ALSO SUPPORTED RUSSIA’S INTERESTS, INCLUDING BY OPPOSING U.S. POLICIES DURING THE UKRAINE CONFLICT.
THE DEFENSE ARGUED THE FOUR AMERICANS WERE NOT FULLY AWARE OF THERI RUSSIAN CONTACTS GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS — MAINTAINING THAT THEIR ACTIVITIES WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE A-P-S-P’S LONG STANDING MISSION ADVOCATING FOR BLACK EMPOWERMENT. THEY SUGGESTED THAT their Russian contact ALEKSANDER IONOV — WHO LED THE ANTI-GLOBALIZATION MOVEMENT OF RUSSIA — CONCEALED HIS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.
HOWEVER, THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED SHOWED DELIBERATE ACTIONS TO AID RUSSIAN OBJECTIVES, INCLUDING INFLUENCING U.S. ELECTIONS AND POLICY DEBATES.
THEY EACH FACE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
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