MOSCOW (dpa-AFX) - A federal grand jury has indicted 13 Russian nationals and 3 Russian firms for meddling in the 2016 US Presidential election.
The indictment, released Friday by the office of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is a major development in the FBI investigation into allegations that Russians interfered in the country's political system.
Three Russian companies named in the indictment include the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, which 'had a strategic goal to sow discord in the US political system, including the 2016 US presidential election'.
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