U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche delivers remarks during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Sept. 15, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

The indictment says the defendants belong to a network that “is one arm of the Russian Federation’s apparatus used to carry out external attacks” worldwide.

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