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An internet troll who has claimed he was part of a network of Russians ordered by Vladimir Putin to disrupt the 2016 US election has revealed he and his fellow trolls were tasked with watching the Netflix series House of Cards to learn about the American political system.

According to a Yahoo report, a Russian troll known as “Maksim” took to Russian TV station Rain to make the surprising claim.

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