Sputnik is where the real Russian agents are.
Via Daily Beast:
A state-owned Russian radio broadcaster that recently took over a Washington D.C.-area bluegrass station officially registered as an agent of a foreign government this week.
Sputnik Radio, which is owned and operated by Rossiya Segodnya, an agency of the Russian Federation, filed paperwork with the Department of Justice on Wednesday disclosing its payments to a D.C.-based media lawyer handling the company’s takeover of a northern Virginia radio station and its subsequent news broadcasts.
Sputnik’s registration under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) comes days after another state-sponsored Russian broadcaster, RT, filed similar paperwork. The network did that over the vehement objections of its leaders, who say it is an independent news outlet, not an agent of the Russian government.
Under the terms of the contract posted on DOJ’s website, Sputnik will pay $900,000 to a broadcasting company owned by John Garziglia, a communications attorney. That company will, in turn, broadcast programming from a Sputnik internet stream through a radio station in Reston, Virginia. The station, 105.5 FM, aired bluegrass music until Sputnik programming took over in June.