Russian agent paid MAGA influencer $100 for posts — including bogus vote fraud: report

A registered foreign agent of Russia has repeatedly paid a right-wing influencer account to post memes and even promote a bogus voting fraud hoax, according to a report.

Simeon Boikov, a podcaster known online as “AussieCossack," paid the person behind the X account @Alphafox78 $100 a piece for about 10 posts, CNN reported Monday night. The account has about 650,000 followers and CNN obtained documents showing Boikov is a registered foreign agent for Russia in Australia.

The posts...