MOSCOW — He’s been indicted in the U.S. for meddling in the 2016 presidential election with an army of trolls and his private military company has trodden battlefields in Ukraine and Syria. Still, the Russian multimillionaire dubbed “Putin’s chef” runs yet another asset that is valuable to the Kremlin: a sprawling Russian media empire.
Associated Press: Charged ‘Putin’s chef’ runs news sites along with troll army
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the ceremony of presenting state awards to mark the Defender of the Fatherland Day at the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 23.
