- channel on the U.S. Company-1 Discord Server, KALASHNIKOV requested raw footage from Commentator-4, and later shared an edited version of Commentator-4's first video for U.S. Company-1.
- KALASHNIKOV similarly participated in a Discord channel on the U.S. Company-1 Discord Server for another commentator listed on U.S. Company-1's website Communications on that channel included, among other things, ("Commentator-5"). KALASHNIKOV requesting raw footage from Commentator-5 and sharing an edited video.
- On or about November 9, 2023, Founder-1 messaged Producer-2 on Discord, in part, that "Eduard hired Kostyas team" in other words, that "Eduard Grigoriann" had hired KALASHNIKOV's purported editing team.
33. On or about August 17, 2023, KALASHNIKOV informed Founder-1 that KALASHNIKOV had added "Helena Shudra," whom KALASHNIKOV described as a member of "my team" who would be "coordinating the editing team," to the U.S. Company-1 Discord Server.
- Digital forensic evidence confirms that "Helena Shudra" was, in truth and in fact, AFANASYEVA, an employee of RT. For example, the email account used to register the "Helena Shudra" Discord account bears a Russian web domain and the email handle "afalena1997," which is composed of the first three letters of AFANASYEVA's surname ("afa"), a variant of AFANASYEVA's first name ELENA ("lena"), and AFANASYEVA's birth year ("1997"). Moreover, between in or about February 2024 and in or about March 2024, the "Helena Shudra" Discord account was accessed approximately 173 times from a Moscow-based IP address that was also used to access AFANASYEVA's personal Gmail address on approximately 12 occasions. On approximately 163 occasions, that same IP address was also used to access the
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