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DEBRIEF: MUCKRAKER WIKILEAKS’ ROLE

Andrei Soldatov is a longtime Russian investigative reporter, the cofounder of Agenta.ru, a website focusing on the Russian secret services, and the co-author of two books on Russian intelligence activities.

MOTHER JONES: Do you think WikiLeaks is actively coordinating with Russian interests?

ANDREI SOLDATOV: Yeah, after 2016 I think it’s pretty clear.

MJ: How does that relationship work?

AS: The entire history of the Russian hacking operations is mostly outsourced operations, so

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