August 12, 2018

Russian rich buy Maryland elections firm

Guardian

A company that provides key services for Maryland elections has been bought by a parent company with links to a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, state officials said after a briefing a day earlier from the FBI.

Maryland officials spoke hours after the US justice department released a grand jury indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for computer hacking offenses during the 2016 US election, which US intelligence agencies agree Moscow sought to influence in favor of Donald Trump.

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