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United States election infrastructure and 2016 presidential election
Cold Case · Open
8 years waiting · since 2018
ALEKSEY ALEKSANDROVICH POTEMKIN
Justice for United States election infrastructure and 2016 presidential election — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin - alleged Russian military intelligence supervisor in Unit 74455; current whereabouts unknown, last believed in Moscow
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evidence
Lead #2What specific computer systems and election infrastructure were targeted, and what documents were stolen and released?
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Lead #3How did the conspiracy coordinate the staging and release of stolen documents to maximize interference with the 2016 election?
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers, including Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election through computer hacking and stolen document releases. Potemkin, allegedly a supervisor in Russia's military intelligence Unit 74455, remains at large and was last known to be in Moscow, Russia. The case seeks to hold accountable those responsible for one of the most significant foreign interference operations against U.S. elections.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Lead #4What was Potemkin's specific role and supervision responsibilities within Unit 74455 during the hacking operations?
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Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States; False Registration of a Domain Name; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States (U.S.) elections . The indictment charges 11 defendants, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , Boris Alekseyevich Antonov , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek , Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov , Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk , and Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, with a computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S.
persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S.
presidential election. The indictment also charges these defendants with aggravated identity theft, false registration of a domain name, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Two defendants, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk and Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev , are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes, relating to hacking into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S.
elections, such as state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and U.S. companies that supplied software and other technology related to the administration of U.S.
elections. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.
issued a federal arrest warrant for Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Potemkin is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer assigned as a supervisor in Unit 74455.
Potemkin was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Timeline of Events
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2016
2016 U.S. Presidential Election Interference
Alleged computer hacking conspiracy targeting U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 election, with unauthorized access and theft of documents
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2018-07-13
Federal Grand Jury Indictment
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for election interference, conspiracy to commit money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and false domain registration
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Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:October 30, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:October 30, 2026