The Government of Milei had already detected the Russian disinformation network in 2025

A recent investigation published by Chequeado exposed the existence of a Russian government disinformation network that seeks to influence Argentine public opinion and attack the Government of Javier Milei.

However, this situation is not new. The libertarian administration, through the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE), had already discovered these operations in 2025

During June of last year, SIDE identified a group of Russian citizens living in the country who were operating in coordination with local collaborators in activities aligned with Russian geopolitical interests.

The official investigation determined that these actions were part of an organized structure known as “The Company”, linked to the so-called “Lahkta Project”, previously promoted by the Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Prigozhin.

Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed at the time that the leader of this organization in Argentina was Lev Konstantinovich Andriashvili, a Russian citizen who resided in the country with his wife Irina Iakovenko.

Both had received funding to build a network of local links with the objective of deploying disinformation operations

The SIDE investigation established that this structure was intended to form a group of people loyal to Russian interests to carry out campaigns directed against the Argentine State and the Government of Milei.