Federal authorities accused a woman who has citizenship in both Russia and the U.S. of founding what prosecutors described as a 'Russian propaganda center' in New York City using funding from the Kremlin.
"Particularly given current global events, the need to detect and hinder attempts at foreign influence is of critical importance, and the Southern District of New York is proud to do its part in the fight against tyranny," he said.
The complaint said she emailed a Trump adviser after the November 2016 presidential election to offer congratulations and try to get the president-elect to attend a World Chess Championship in Manhattan, although "there was no indication that the now-former President attended the referenced event." In 2019, authorities said, she coordinated through her New York center a campaign to lobby Hawaiian officials not to change the name of Fort Elizabeth on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, which is the last remaining former Russian fort in the Hawaiian islands.
The complaint said the FBI during its probe used search warrants to access eight of Branson's electronic accounts and 34 electronic devices, including about 11 cellular phones. It said she flew to Moscow less than a month after her FBI interview, and sold her New York City residence last March.
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