st. petersburg but the money is coming from vlad. >> it's safe to say. there's some things that looks like they had russian corporate records which usually in this case, a mutual lateral assistance treaty which is how u.s. authorities get information from foreign governments. that's not how they got that here. they had an address, a semblance of information in russia. there's no doubt that this has a hand of the state government. >> shepard: jeffery, from my reading of this, they didn't solve this, didn't connect the dots online. this seems to indicate our folks infiltrated this operation in st. petersburg, russia, on the ground. >> that's a safe interpretation. certainly they had some inside information, which indicated they had some data in st. petersburg. it started to unravel and they had somebody on the inside. you go out from there. you follow the money. sooner or later, the money has to get out. in this case it went through paypal. that's how they found this individual in california. >> shepard: this is not the end. obviously they still have the c

st petersburg russia or the media go ahead charles. i think it's very much the clinton wing perhaps supported by the bush never trump wing of the republican party i mean if you go into hard facts that are on the f.b.i. involved which we can assume i hope are facts by february of two thousand and sixteen february early february the f.b.i. and the state department have concluded that hillary clinton mishandled two thousand one hundred fifteen e-mails out of the thirty thousand four hundred ninety that she reluctantly turned over december fifth two thousand and fourteen i mean that is a staggering fact because why didn't bernie care about the e-mails why didn't the bernie weighing push hard they could have actually gotten bernie to the nominee and why aren't those people extrude really upset with this whole process not just the trump supporters i actually think we're very close in this country to a hopeful moment where people on the on the left the bernie supporters the people who want change a different way via trump are going to look at

in same st petersburg russia going through the the trash. garbage of that troll farm that's well i guess trash meats trash go ahead adam well that really is truly a marriage made in heaven and it's symptomatic of the image of a kind of stereotypical image of what the mainstream media is doing the very sad part and there is a tragedy buried within the lies which themselves are wrapped up in a force and that is that these people who are peddling the russia gate myth have failed to even acknowledge that the united states is no longer a democracy and i serve about that i take no joy in saying it instead of the talk receipt which instead is super which itself is supervised by an all of this is made up of the military industrial complex foreign intelligence agencies the corporatocracy and this collective thing that we all know were not so much love as the deep state if they were truly concerned about democracy and the united states they talk about how to reform it to even get it back to a level where it is actually something that resembles rule of

st. petersburg all morning. we have doubts as to whether it is completely vacant.rms of the russian reaction to the indictments, they he adod the stance they do all along which is denial. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has seen no facts even after the indictments. it is all in his words blather. we are getting colorful language from trump and the white house and russian officials as well. back to you. >> no doubt. russia is enjoying this debate over here in the states. thank you, matthew chance in a snowy and chilly st. petersburg. >>> a growing number of questions for the fbi after it acknowledged it failed to act on the tip about the florida gunman. the bureau saying the person close to nikolas cruz contacted the fbi on january 5th. the caller provided information of cruz's gun information and his desire to kill and erratic behavior and his desire to conduct a school shooting. the fbi admits it did not stick to protocols for following up. >> that revelation led to the president's outrageous tweet of the weekend. here is the tweet. he said very sad the

take a closer look at what's being alleged in the indictment the st petersburg based internet research agency is listed as a major target of the investigation it said have undertaken operations to interfere with elections and political processes also known as the troll factory is accused of manipulating social media in the us and staging political rallies in support of donald trump the indictment says russian imposters on social media used hashtags including trump train trump twenty sixteen and hillary for prison named in the indictment as if any prisoner triggers in a close associate of russian president vladimir putin and one of russia's richest men he's listed as financing the troll factories operations were a challenge has more from moscow. russian response so far has essentially amplified a sense of incredulity incredulity that thirteen people could of influence the voting of more than three hundred million americans incredulity that these thirteen

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st. petersburg. >> there's a gran knewlarity involved. they paid people to dress as hillary behind barpz defendants and co-conspirators asked one u.s. person to build a cage on a truck and another to wear a costume portraying clinton in a prison costume. they paid the individuals to complete the request. that the meme, hillary for prison was not just the russians that came up with it. they played a role in furthering

champion caroline wozniacki drops just one game as she cruises through to the quater—finals in st petersburglcome along. 28 russian athletes have had their lifetime bans overturned by the court of arbitraition for sport, in a case which could have far reaching consequences in the fight against doping. it could now pave the way for legal action, as they attempt to fight to join other russian athletes who've been cleared to compete as neutrals at the winter olympics in pyongchang. olivia crellin reports. olympic athlete from russia. that's the official title of the 169 athletes who have arrived to compete in this month's pyeongchang winter olympics in south korea as so—called neutral athletes. it is a result of last yea r‘s neutral athletes. it is a result of last year's international olympic committee ban on russia that followed a long investigation into what they concluded was an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti— doping system at the 2014 sochi winter olympics. a whistleblower from the head of the anti— doping laboratory in russia revealed how dirty samples had been swapped

they spent millions and millions of dollars and had hundreds of people working in a troll farm in st petersburg to intentionally undermine one candidate hillary clinton and support another donald trump on saturday night trouble also criticized his national security adviser a chargeback master for not backing his view of the situation mcmaster had told delegates at the munich security conference that the indictment was proof of russian interference in u.s. political affairs gen but master forgot to say that the results of the twenty six thousand election were not impacted or changed by the russians and that the only collusion was between russia and crooked h. the d.n.c. and the dems remember the dirty dossier your brain speeches emails and the podesta company that tweet now has the d.c. chattering class wondering whether mcmasters job is in jeopardy given the president's predilection for driving out those who don't parrot his view of the world rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington survivors of wednesday's school

her father, one of the founders of russia's new democracy, became the mayor of st petersburg.d later die in uncertain circumstances, while his former deputy, a once unknown kgb officer, would become the most powerful man in russia. he was a person who gave putin his firstjob, i was a little girl then. but, by a strange twist of fate, nearly two decades later, the girl with the silver spoon would challenge the new tsar for the highest office in the land. 350 miles south of moscow, the city of kursk. ksenia sobchak is on the campaign trail. her task here is to show that she can speak to ordinary russians, too. the biggest problem in russia is not freedom of speech, unfortunately, for many people. it's the poverty. out in the suburbs, residents have been complaining they can't get their children into a local nursery. now she's haranguing some local officials. this is pretty much the kind of thing that putin does when he goes around the regions. how do you feel like people react to you, coming — as you do — from quite a privileged background? you know, i don't try to be like "i am

st. petersburg. in order for him to be a legitimate president, in order for him not to be called the president of periphery but the president of the country he has to get votes from the people in the russian industrial cities. and that's precisely why the kreml kremlin chose the seniors as a substitution, as a vehicle to get the desirable turnout. the idea was very easy. the idea was that at the when the kremlin -- not kremlin, you know, the central election committee, commission, but, of course, you understand that all of them are just parts. so when they denied navalny the registration, the expectations were that these will bring thousands of people, young people, in the streets just the way it happened in -- on march 26 and on june 12 when all of a sudden young people all across russia went out on the streets at -- navalny called them for these anti-corruption actions. it was wow, you know? not just for kremlin, they don't have a real feedback for even for us we didn't expect this to happen. so th

st. petersburg. this is funded by a close putin ally. it's where the money comes from. it's where the direction comes from. it's another direct connection between the interference in the election and vladimir putin himself which of course was the intel community's assessment that this was ordered on high and backed by the russian president. just a final point i would make is this is a step, indicting individuals from a foreign government, for cyber activity is a step that the u.s. took prior to this on china, you may remember, a few years ago. they indicted, named with photographs and mug shots, individuals tied to the chinese military for hacking into the u.s., for cyberattacks into the u.s. that is something, you know, this is a nation to nation response. it was something on the kind of depth chart of responses that the obama administration had to chinese hacking. and this, to indictment russian individuals, something, again, that was on the depth charts of options, to call out russia for its inter

they've arrived to temparatures of around minus 15 in russia, where they take on zenit st petersburg this is the stadium in st petersburg, home to zen it and one of the key stadiums this year in the world cup finals. as you can see, it is absolutely freezing cold at the moment. —15 degrees. at the time kick—off comes tomorrow, it will be significantly warmer inside the stadium because the rest will be on. zenit have trained already today. celtic opted to train in glasgow. they are now in the city and crucially bring with them that i—0 victory from celtic park last week. in terms of zen it, that result in glasgow took quite a lot of people here by surprise last week. they have been on an extended winter break. but we expect a very different performance tomorrow night. we always play well at home, and in the europa league, i am confident. we need to have a good game, concentrate. without pressure. this is important. an intriguing match in prospect. around 800 celtic fa ns match in prospect. around 800 celtic fans expected in the city before kick—off. if you have a travel get and you ar

celtic playing zenit st petersburg later. that is at five past eight.ng up it is just coming up to ten minutes to seven. president trump said making schools safer will be a "top priority". that is after the gun attack yesterday in florida where 17 people died and dozens were injured. police say the teenage gunman was equipped with a gas mask and several magazines of ammunition. nikolas cruz was a former pupil at the school and has been charged with 17 cou nts school and has been charged with 17 counts of order. the former governor attended a press conference near where the shooting happened. —— the florida governor at ending. we wa nt we want to make sure this never happens again. next week in tallahassee, i will sit down with state leaders. we will have a real conversation about two things. how do we make sure when a parent is ready to send their child to school that the pain it knows their child will be safe? number two, how do we make sure individuals with mental

st. petersburg. the other defendant funded the conspiracy through companies known as concorde management inc. consulting llc, concord catering and others. the conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project lock dog. it included components, some involving domestics in the russian and others targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries. internet research agency operated through shell companies. they had creators of fictitious personas to technical and administrative support personnel and an annual budget of millions of dollars. the structured organization and arranged into departments including graphics, search engine optimization, and finance. in 2014 the company established a translator project focused on the united states. in july 2016 more than 80 employees were assigned to the translator project. two defendants traveled to the united states in 2014 to collect intelligence. to hide the russian origins of their activities they purchase space on servers located on the united states to

st. petersburg. it is this department in charge -- so, you know, for somebody like me who loves my life in russia, i feel almost nostalgic. i feel as if they are bringing back my time when i was young and lucky. no, it is not going to be a totalitarian state. there are several reasons for that. one is that it is a market economy and as you may not theay not remember, back in 1980's, even earlier than that, when andropov was the head of the kgb. he became the head of the political bureau and the leader of the soviet union. when he was the head of the kgb, he created inside the kgb groups of people who developed the market economy, the transformation of the soviet plan system that did not use the term market economy, but basically they were toying with a kind of semi-capitalism that existed, and then you have yugoslavia with elements of private property, or landed existed in poland, so these market forces, these kgb people, are all involved in the market economy, and obviously we are already seeing the

st. petersburg. ofs department was in charge -- case me who loveslike my life in russia, i feel almost nostalgic, as if they are bringing back the time when i was young and lucky. it is not going to be a total state. there are several reasons for that. one is that it is a market economy and as you may not in ther, back in 19 -- 1980's, and even earlier than that, the head of the kgb became the head of the political bureau and the leader of the soviet union. when he was the head of the kgb, whoreated groups of people develop a section of the market economy, the transformation of the soviet plan system that did not use the term market economy, but basically they were toying with the semi-capitalist system in yugoslavia, elements of private property or land that existed in poland. , these kgbt forces people, they are all involved in the market economy and obviously we are already seeing the competition between different groups inside the same corporations, for instant -- instant -- instance, -- during t

st. petersburg.lizabeth palmer spoke with a former insider. >> reporter: on this street, there was a "for rent" sign in the window. this building says the u.s. indictment was a busy troll factory set up to influence u.s. voters. the russian foreign minister denied the kroemlin was involve. "where is the evidence," he asked. but this woman saw it with her own eyes. in 2015 she went undercover and got a job at the troll factory writing fake news in russian. this shaky video is the only glimpse she has now of the operation, but she says "we knew there were people working," in english, and their work was absolutely secret. it consisted of posts ridiculing hillary clinton and fanning the flames of divisive issues in the u.s. when ludmilla saw the english posts, she recognized them right away as the work of the trolls. "they use the same techniques that we did," she told us. the troll factory's boss was yevgeny preghozyn. known as putin's chef he originally made his money in high-end restaurants. that's hi

barbara was aiming for st petersburg moscow and kiev ukraine three destinations of major significance. ukraine with its rich lands and resources was an important industrial and economic source for the u.s.s.r. to cut it off from the soviet union would strike a big blow indeed. for most of the soviet union the second world war was about fighting the invaders of the land. but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war two broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. galaxy and not to call and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than eighty thousand people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cr

st. petersburg, florida, st. petersburg, russia, kind of close. >> same weather. >> exactly.ok at the response by both mr. miller and mr. white. miller, embarrassed as well, in fact he says that. at the same time, he understands, look, it's the russians. you've shown me that this is what they try to do, and then for michael white, i think his insights are pretty precescient. he's saying, look, if we have a legitimate campaign and we can't tell where a russian campaign is and where our campaign is, rear in trouble, it's going to take away from the legitimacy of it. that's the real issue here. >> i think that's right, but i have to say, no, i don't feel sorry for her. and i'm a compassionate person. but she needs to know the truth. and if not, we're not helping. we're hurting her by saying, i feel sorry for her, i understand her position. no, i don't understand her position and i don't care if you're a political activist. if you are, in fact, unwittingly helping the russians and someone offers you legitimate proof, whether you think they're on the other side or not, the facts a

rich châteaux spoke to a former so-called troll she worked at the internet research agency in st petersburghat's a body identified by u.s. investigators as a factory for fake news. we're not allowed to disclose an exact address not even the district this young journalist could face repercussions two years ago she was working among russia's so-called internet trolls she had a job with the russian agency for internet research that's the official name of the st petersburg troll factory whose buses have now been indicted by the united states . employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through bad news about the united states was always one of the more important topics. it was getting. two years ago we tried to make contact with those working inside these walls to no avail the revelations by luke miller lifted the lid on the trial factory unselfishly in a street here in russia's second city. curtains on the windows no sign at the entrance into that unsuspicious looking building here in san pitt as burke so called internet trolls are supposed to have dra

has been speaking to a former internet troll who worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg which u.s. investigators say is a fake news factory she told the moscow correspondent yuri rich shadow that those thirteen arrest barely scratched the surface of what she describes as a mass operation. russia apparently behind the fake news operation aimed to disrupting the twenty sixteen race for the white house. two years ago this young journalist was working alongside the so-called internet trolls at the russian agency for internet research in st petersburg be fishel name of the troll factory whose bosses have now been indicted by the united states. and they have. employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through bad news about the united states was always one of the more important topics. that it was getting. two years ago tortured rather tried to make contact with various working inside the building to no avail the revelations by lewd miller lifted the lid on the troll factory on savage the english streets in russia second city. curtains

russia's second city st petersburg apparently the center of the fake news operation aimed at disrupting the twenty sixteen race for the white house two years ago this young journalist was working alongside the so-called internet trolls at the russian agency for internet research the official name of the troll factory whose buses have now been indicted by the united states. employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through bad news about the united states was always one of the more important topics. it would have been in. touch of ela tried to make contact with those working inside the building to no avail. the revelations by lit miller lifted the lid on the troll factory unselfish kena straight instant petersburg. curtains on the vin dos no sign at the entrance into that unsuspicious looking building here in sun pit as burke so called internet trolls a supposed to have dramatically meddled in the us election american investigators say. this video from inside the complex was sent to torture valid by another whistleblower that minute says they're

abc's dan harris in st petersburg at a non descript building in st petersburg where some of those russians, part of "internet research agency," were writing their material to get americans riled up. our team obtaining a hidden camera look inside the operation. >> easy. easy. >> reporter: they kicked dan out, but tonight, mueller's indictment indicates their work was already done. >> pierre thomas with us tonight. that was a telling moment when they did not want dan harris or our cameras there, and there was one that broke today, an american who pleaded guilty, pierre, and who is cooperating with the special counsel. what of you learned? >> reporter: that's right, mueller announced the guilty plea of richer pi from southern california who helped the russians set up fake identities. >> thanks. >>> next, the affair between "playboy" play mate, and donald trump before he was president. the money spent just before the election for her story which was then never published. why wasn't it? here's abc's senior white house correspondent, cecilia vega. >> reporter: at the white house today, an abrupt

st. petersburg, russia. using an amazing development team. i tried to get a handful of those people with some success, and he was a holdout. he starts to get some traction , which was a different kind of radio. live conversation,." conversations. -- conversation, peer conversations. people have campouts, they send us the pictures, if you search on facebook for it. he was an unbelievable talent from st. petersburg, russia needed help and that's the point we moved to austin. room, weatte: in the have a lot of people engaged in internet technology public policy issues, but we also have entrepreneurs here and online we have lots of people who are starting up their own tech companies. any advice you would give them? you have had two successes. mr. moore: two successes and one major mistake was making decisions because you're afraid because it's hard. when i look back, most of my mistakes have been because of that. you're doing something because you're afraid of what may go wrong. in the case of tunein, we had no revenue model, and there was good r

st. petersburg, russia, so we'd used, you know, amazing development team and i had tried to get a handful of people into tune-in with some success, he was a holdout. so i'm out of tune-in and he starts to get tomorrow traction with zello which i was immediately drawn to because it's a different kind of radio. we call it social radio, but instead of being, you know, one to many, it can be that, but it's about live, you know, conversation, peer conversation, and when you listen to zello or listen to these channels and you hear power in it that people have zello campouts and send their zello pictures. if you search facebook for zello, tens of thousands of these communities come together. so it's easy to help alex in the way that he needed, a group of unbelievable talent from st. petersburg, russia and needed business help and that's the point we moved to austin. >> here in the room we have a lot of people engaged in internet technology, public policy issues. but we also have some entrepreneurs here and on-line we have lots of people who are starting up their own tech companies. any advice yo

st. petersburg. funded theefendant conspiracy through companies such as concorde management and consulting llc, concorde catering, and many other affiliates and subsidiaries. the conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project latka. it involve multiple components some involving domestic , audiences and others targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries. the internet research agency allegedly operated through russian shell companies. it employed hundreds of people in its online operations, originating with creators of fictitious personas to administrators and technical personnel with an annual budget of millions of dollars. it was headed by a management group and arranged into departments, including graphics, search engine optimization, information technology, and finance departments. in 2014, the company of established a translator project focused on the united states. in july of 2016, more than 80 employees were assigned to the translator project. two of the defendants struggled -- a

st. petersburg.fendant, funded the conspiracy the companies known as concorde management and consulting llc, and many affiliates and subsidiaries. the conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project lockdown. lockdown included multiple components, some of them including audiences of the russian federation and others targeting foreign audiences in other countries. agency operated to russian shell companies and employed hundreds of people in online operations, ranging from craters of fictitious personas to technical and administrative support personnel with an annual budget of millions of dollars. internet research agency was a structured organization headed by a management group and arranged into departments, including graphics, search engine optimization, information technology, and finance departments. in 2014, the company established a translator project focused on the united states. 2016, more than 80 employees were assigned to the translator project. of the defendants allegedly traveled

st. petersburg. the other individual defendant you have [inaudible] funded the conspiracy companies known as concorde management and consulting llc, concorde catering and many affiliates and subsidiaries. the conspiracy was part of a larger operation called project [inaudible]. it included multiple components with some involving domestic audiences within the russian in federation and others targeting foreign audiences in multiple countries. internet research agency allegedly obligated to russian shell companies and employed hundreds of people in its online operations ranging from creators of fictitious personas to technical and administrative support personnel with an annual budget of millions of dollars. internet research agency was a structured organization by a management group and arranged into departments including graphics, search engine optimization, information technology and science department. in 2014 the company established a cheerleader project focused on the united states. july of 2016 m

st. petersburg, but actually inside that building behind me. the internet research agency known to us as the russian troll factory here. it is from inside that building that, you know, russian internet hackers posed as american citizens and bought up advertising space and tried to sow discord in u.s. politics. back to you. >> and groups here in the states say they expect russia to meddle in the 2018 mid-term elections. thank you, matthew chance. >>> a growing number of questions for the fbi after it acknowledged that it failed to act on a tip about the florida gunman. the bureau saying the person close to nikolas cruz contacted the fbi on january 5th. the caller provided information cruz's gun ownership and desire to kill and potential for him to actually conduct a school shooting. the fbi admits it did not stick to protocols for following up. >> that revelation led to the president's outrageous tweet of the weekend. he said very sad the fbi missed all of the many signals sent out by the florida school shooter. this is not acceptable. they are

st. petersburg. and according to the indictments, was, you know, set up with the main objective to sow chaos and discord in the united states. take a look. in may 2016, a small group of anti-islamic protesters gathered outside a muslim community center. in the u.s. city of houston. across the street came to rally formed and the two sides held a a. bus in a stark illustration of american division and discord. the organizers were thousands of miles away in st. petersburg, russia, working for a secretive organization which according to a recent u.s. indictment had a strategic goal to sew discord in the u.s. political system. it's name, the internet research agency, dubbed the kremlin troll factory by former employees who smuggled out these rare cell phone images. in 2016, cnn sfoek a russian journalist that went undercover as an internet troll there. >> translator: the u.s. elections are the key issue for the kremlin and russia invested a lot of effort into them. that's why the troll factories are worki

st. petersburg when i was working at a different company 10 years ago and when i went to st. petersburg in moscow 10 years ago i was told maria don't bring your blackberry any devices as soon as you enter russian air space they will have access to all of your stuff. it was at that time i had a different blackberry or different name because i didn't want the russians to hack into my calendar and anything else they could. that was 10 or 12 years ago when i went to moscow so how does president trump get mixed up in all this. we knew russia was trying to undermine the u.s. and the west in general and they also tried it in europe. why this constant focus on president trump then? >> well i think it does go back to the basis of the investigation itself, the dossier, the steele dossier which has been exposed as having just rumors and innuendo. there are real issues in terms of the transparency of senior officials of the united states government with the fisa court. do you know the fisa court was developed and created to be a safeguard to protect american liberty against executive bran

st. petersburg. it involves both facebook ads, facebook posts, twitter accounts , instagram -- a range of social media activity that purported to be american, but in fact, was up ands trying to gen ultimately supporting arnold trump. as rosenstein said in the quote you had, it is 13 russians and a number of russian businesses. but what is interesting about the case -- the charges are conspiracy to fraud the united states. i will come back to that. but wire fraud and identity theft. there are real crimes here. the crimes that these trolls use to pretend to be american, but really were not american. but what mueller laid out in the indictment is that the problem with this is that in the united states, it is illegal to engage in certain kinds of activity without making it clear who is behind the activity. and in this case, this is the activity tied to electing one or another presidential candidate. and that is how he got to the conspiracy to defraud united states charge, which is interesting because it