A Tampa-based grand jury formally charged a Russian national with spearheading a multi-year influence campaign using U.S. political groups to spread pro-Russian propaganda and interfere in elections, including those in St. Petersburg. Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, who is a resident of Moscow, faces a charge of conspiring to have U.S. citizens act as illegal agents of the Russian government, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. FBI agents said the Uhuru Movement is involved. The Uhuru House in St. Petersburg was raided by FBI agents in July 2022. Uhuru Movement officials denied involvement in the FBI investigation. For more: https://bit.ly/3o4AU7I ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay