Internet Research Agency

The Internet Research Agency (IRA; Russian: Агентство интернет-исследований, also known as Glavset[2] and known in Russian Internet slang as the Trolls from Olgino) is a Russian company, based in Saint Petersburg, engaged in online influence operations on behalf of Russian business and political interests. The January 2017 report issued by the United States Intelligence Community – Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections – described the Agency as a troll farm writing, "The likely financier of the so-called Internet Research Agency of professional trolls located in Saint Petersburg is a close Vladmir Putin ally with ties to Russian intelligence," noted that "they previously were devoted to supporting Russian actions in Ukraine—[and] started to advocate for President Donald Trump as early as December 2015." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency