In Russia, employees of “Troll factory” election coverage in the United States

Wages in the so-called U.S. Department ranged from 80 to 120 thousand rubles.

St. Petersburg Troll factory has allocated up to a third of its staff to work on the US presidential election. This is stated in the investigation on the activities of the factory.

As noted, at the peak of the election campaign in the summer of 2016, the so-called American division increased to 80-90 people, said the sources. The entire staff of the factory consists of 250 employees. Salaries in the American division ranged from 80 to 120 thousand rubles.

Head of the Department sources called the 27-year-old native of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Aslanov. He is in conversation with the edition has denied any involvement in the factory trolls.

It is worth noting that 118 communities factory on Facebook, instagram and Twitter has been blocked in August-September of 2017 following an internal investigation of social networks. The total number of subscribers to these groups was about 6 million, but in 2016, the coverage of posts reached 30 million people a week. In addition, the division organized about 40 real rallies and protests in the United States.
The main focus of the work of the American Department was the coverage of racial issues in the United States. In addition, the trolls wrote about the Department of Texas, illegal migration and the right to bear arms.

The salaries of the employees of the U.S. Department estimated at a million dollars a year. About 200 thousand dollars for two years was spent on promotion in social networks and deliver real shares in the United States.

According to sources, the U.S. Department is still working with a staff of about 50 people.

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