legal entities under the name project lata, according to a u.s. criminal complaint. cnn has obtained video of this flashy business center in st. petersburg where several of the firms are now apparently working. and month ject lata is putting down more cash to harm america. company financial records in the u.s. criminal complaint reviewed by cnn show huge budget increases since 2013, especially in 2018. around 650 million rubles, almost $10 million in the first six months of this year alone. though prosecutors say not all of that money goes to operations targeting the u.s. it is essential to look at these efforts as consistent and persistent as opposed to they rally around a specific geopolitical event or an election. the way that they actually gain influence is by talking to these
factories keep trolling along. reporter: the russian troll factory once known as the research agency is still up and running now operating as new legal entities according to a u.s. criminal complaint. cnn has obtained video of the flashy business center where several firms are now apparently working. and the project is putting down more cash to harm america. company financial records in the u.s. criminal complaint reviewed by cnn show huge budget increases since 2013, especially in 2018. around 650 million rubles, almost $10 million in this year alone, but not all of it goes to operations targeting the u.s. it is essential to look at these efforts as consistent and persistent as opposed to they
are now apparently working. and the project is putting down more cash to harm america. company financial records and the u.s. criminal complaint reviewed by cnn show huge budget increases since 2013. especially in 2018. around 650 million rubles, almost $10 million in the first six months of this year alone. though prosecutors say not all of that money goes to operations targeting the u.s. it is essential to look at these efforts as consistent and persistent as opposed to they rally around a specific geopolitical event or an election. the way that they actually gain influence is by talking to these specific populations over a period of time. a former employee who we re not naming out of safety concerns, tells cnn the project s operatives constantly create new online identities,
on their student population. so while the teachers are fighting for budget increases for better pay, for better benefits, they say it is all for the children that they serve in these communities around the commonwealth. if you can hear them, they are loud and fired up in their red shirts. we ve seen thousands of teachers come and go. they ll be at it a few hours more. legislature session ends tomorrow. the state law requires that it is over by the 15th of april. if they don t get this budget deal passed, more than likely the governor will have to call for a special session to get the budget passed before this year. thank you, ron mott. we ll send you off to your weekend with a little smile here. an unforgettable moment at a philadelphia phillies game. joan and her daughters dancing on the feel the with the famous mascot, the philly fanatic. the stadium s announcer interrupted them and said another family member wanted to
lot about missiles and about airplanes and let me ask you, you have said in the past that you are short of missile interceptors, you also have a situation where you are 2,000 pilots short in the air force, the b-1 bombers, half of the fleet can t fly, what is going on in. we are low on readiness. i mean, the air force has been stretched to the very limit, continuous combat operations for 27 years and we are much smaller than we ever were. we need to restore the readiness of war so that we can win any fight. will this these budget increases, will how quickly can you turn it around in. for us readiness is a lot about people and so when we lose a pilot who has had 10 years of experience, takes ten years to restore the reinforce but we are increasing pilot training and working on pilot retention, the most important thing we can do, though, is to lift the sequester in current form, there s nothing that our adversaries have done to damage the air force.