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Meet the right-wing Canadian influencers accused of collaborating with an alleged Russian propaganda scheme
Tenet Media founder Lauren Chen allegedly took funds from pro-Moscow outlet
Montpetit, Jonathan; Wong, Aloysius http://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/russian-influence-election-tenet-media-chen-southern-1.7314976
Publisher: CBC
Date Written: 06/09/2024
Year Published: 2024
Resource Type: Article
On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment against two Russian nationals, accusing them of setting up a conservative media outlet as a front for pro-Kremlin propaganda. The media outlet was unnamed in the indictment, but it was clear from details within that the charges referred to Tenet Media, founded in 2023 by the Canadian influencer known as Lauren Chen and her husband, Liam Donovan.
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In the indictment, Chen appears to be referred to as Founder-1 and is said to have begun working for the parent company of RT — the Russian state-run news outlet — in the spring of 2021.
RT was forced to stop operating in both the U.S. and Canada as part of government-imposed sanctions in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
But in the timeline laid out by U.S. officials, Founder-1 began recruiting conservative personalities with lucrative offers in 2023 for a new media outlet, all while being paid to do so by RT operatives.
From the details provided in the indictment, Chen was allegedly billing RT in part through Roaming Millennial Inc., a company registered in the Montreal area, where her mother lived.
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