Actor
State proxyConfirmed
Center for Geopolitical Expertise
CGE · Tsentr Geopoliticheskikh Ekspertiz
A Moscow-based organization, founded by the OFAC-designated Aleksandr Dugin, that the U.S. Treasury identified as a GRU affiliate used to create and distribute AI-generated disinformation and manipulated media about candidates in the 2024 U.S. election. Treasury designated CGE and its director, Valery Mikhaylovich Korovin, under election-interference authorities; OFAC records the organization as established in 2000, with the GRU-directed U.S.-election activity dating from at least 2024.
Operations
Elections
Evidence Library
Official reportU.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets ControlDecember 31, 2024New
Treasury sanctions Russian and Iranian entities over attempted interference in the U.S. 2024 electionOriginalArchive pending
Official reportU.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets ControlDecember 31, 2024New
Treasury sanctions Russian and Iranian entities over attempted interference in the U.S. 2024 electionOriginalArchive pending