Influencers say they were unaware of Russian funding behind YouTube channels
A YouTube network that features a former Langley political candidate as one of its primary contributors has been accused of being being funded by Russian operatives in a US Justice Department indictment.
At least one commentator of Tenet Media, Tim Pool, has put out a statement acknowledging the allegations as of Wednesday, Sept. 4.Southern's videos for the Tenet Media channel include a number on Canadian issues, including one in which she misrepresents the 2021 controversy over unmarked graves of Indigenous children found at former residential schools and calls the issue a"hoax."
In fact, prosecutors allege, Kalashnikov and Afansyeva were employees of RT, a Russian media network directly controlled by the Kremlin. According to the indictment, Kalashnikov and Afansyeva directed the YouTube channel's operations through the original two founders, and were presented to the other staff of the various channels as"editors" through Discord messages.
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