On the first episode of Russia Rising podcast, we’ll visit the former home of the notorious Russian troll factory in St. Petersburg, which the United States accuses of meddling in its 2016 presidential election. We’ll investigate how those Russian internet trolls operate and whether other countries, specifically Canada, are targeted too.

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Contact:

Twitter: @JeffSempleGN

E-mail: [email protected]

Guests:

Vitaly Bespalov – Former Russian Troll

Andrey Zakharov – Russian Investigative Journalist, BBC Russian

Twitter: @skazal_on

Dan Treisman – Professor of Political Science at the University of California and author of the book ‘The New Autocracy,’

Twitter: @dstreisman

Patrick Warren – an Associate Professor of Economics who has been at Clemson since 2008.

Twitter: @plwarre

Yaroslav Nilov, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia

Instagram: @yaroslavnilov

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Russia Rising is an investigative limited series premiering this Monday January 28th. Hosted by Jeff Semple, the Europe Bureau Chief for Global News, this series will look at Russian Trolls, Cyberwarfare, Hacking, KGB agents, and The Putin Generation. Jeff is on the ground gathering stories to form pieces of a puzzle, to separate fact from fiction, and unravel the mystery of Russia’s rise. 

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