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Kremlin trolls target the Magnitsky Act and Khodorkovsky

Reporters for OCCRP have found evidence that pro-Kremlin agents are using an online petition tool on www.whitehouse.gov, a US presidential website, in an attempt to covertly influence US policy.

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