Russian NGO that built ties with Canadian academics, professionals took direction from Moscow's spies, FBI alleges

U.S. authorities say that an organization known as Public Initiative Creative Diplomacy, or PICREADI, was being used by Russian intelligence to glean information about influential foreigners

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