Russian national Pyotr Levashov, 36, was arrested in Spain on April 7 over alleged U.S. election hacking. But the supposed election-hacking connection appears to have been sourced solely from a Russian government propaganda arm: RT, formerly known as Russia Today. The Justice Department issued a statement late in the day saying the arrest relates to a criminal complaint. The BBC was not able to confirm the RT report, but received strong indications that the arrest had nothing whatsoever to do with national security concerns.”]
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