Facebook announced today that it removed a collection of disinformation networks targeting African countries and linked to a Russian oligarch previously indicted in connection with the Mueller inquiry.

"Although the people behind these networks attempted to conceal their identities and coordination, our investigation connected these campaigns to entities associated with Russian financier Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who was previously indicted by the US Justice Department" for his role in social media meddling during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook cybersecurity chief Nathaniel Gleicher, wrote in a blog post.


According to that February 2018 indictment, which swept up 13 individuals and three companies, Prigozhin controlled the entity that financed the notorious Internet Research Agency. The DOJ said the Kremlin-linked troll farm waged “information warfare against the United States,” including by spreading disinformation on Facebook and Instagram.