WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday said it imposed sanctions on individuals and entities linked to the leader and financier of the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a “Russian troll farm.”
The Treasury in a statement said it imposed sanctions against “the network of Kremlin-connected Russian operative” Evgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
(Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis)
