The national government expelled Russian citizen Dmitrii Novikov from the country, identified by the Ministry of Security as part of a structure dedicated to illegal espionage and disinformation operations on social networks. The measure was announced by Minister Alejandra Monteoliva, who reported that the foreigner was put on a flight to Istanbul after a coordinated procedure with the
Argentine Federal Police.As Monteoliva explained, Novikov used false identities and digital campaigns to try to influence public opinion. For the Government, he was not a simple foreigner with expired papers, but rather an operator linked to a larger structure of disinformation and espionage orchestrated
by the Kremlin. From the judicial level, the expulsion was processed for a violation of the Migration Act.
Novikov had entered the country on April 12 and reported that he would retire a week later, but he finally settled in Lanús and was arrested on April 30, while he was still in Argentine territory. Based on this situation, the National Directorate of Migration promoted the administrative procedure that ended with its departure from the
