The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has placed 15 Russian citizens on the wanted list, according to federal arrest warrants issued against them on charges related to conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The office published, on its website, the photos and names of the wanted persons, and accused them of undertaking, between 2014 and 2018, measures aimed at undermining confidence in the US authorities and their institutions, and interfering in the American political system, including the 2016 presidential elections.
The office called on those who know any information about the wanted persons to report them, whether inside the United States or through its consulates and diplomatic representations abroad, through hot phone numbers and mail addresses designated for this mission.
Among the most wanted persons is the businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and founder of the "WAGNER" company, accused of carrying out military operations in many regions of the world, including Libya.
In October 2016, the US administration officially accused Moscow of launching a campaign of cyberattacks targeting Democratic Party organizations before the November 8, 2016 presidential elections, and President Barack Obama said at the time that he had warned his Russian counterpart Putin that these attacks would be for them. consequences.
On January 6, 2017, US intelligence agencies published a report on the details of Russia's accusations of electronic piracy aimed at affecting the results of the US presidential elections by weakening Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in exchange for support from Republican Donald Trump.
Former US special investigator Robert Mueller said in July 2019 that Trump wanted to be dismissed because of his investigation into possible obstruction of justice by Trump, as part of the investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, and Mueller added that Moscow had widely and systematically interfered in those elections. .
Late last month, a former Russian intelligence agent revealed that Moscow had invested in Trump for 40 years and had proven willing to echo Russian anti-Western propaganda.
Yuri Schwitz, 67, a former KGB agent, said in an interview with the British newspaper, The Guardian, “This is an example of cases where people are recruited when they are just students, then They rise to important positions. Something like that was happening with Trump. "