Russia paying Florida businessman for right to broadcast Radio Sputnik over US airwaves
Craig Patrick reports
TAMPA, Fla. - The United States is facing growing tensions with Russia over its efforts to influence the 2020 election and its increased military maneuvers near Alaska, but while the director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency describes the Russian military as an existential threat to the United States, the Russian government has a very different view. And the Kremlin is using America’s public airwaves to deliver its perspective directly to the American people, thanks, in part, to a Florida businessman s involvement.
The Russian government is broadcasting its state-run programming known as ‘Radio Sputnik’ on radio stations in Kansas City and Washington and has previously expressed interest in expanding into other major markets across the nation. While U.S. Intelligence has blamed Russia for flooding social media with false claims from fake accounts and for