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United States Government and 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Infrastructure
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
ALEKSEY ALEKSANDROVICH POTEMKIN
Justice for United States Government and 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Infrastructure — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What was Potemkin's specific role as a supervisor in Unit 74455 of Russian military intelligence?
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Lead #2What documents were stolen and released, and how did they specifically interfere with the 2016 election?
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Lead #3Has Potemkin remained in Moscow since 2018, or has he relocated to another location?
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a Russian military intelligence officer, was indicted in July 2018 for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election through computer hacking and stolen document releases. The indictment charges him with unauthorized computer access, aggravated identity theft, false domain registration, and money laundering conspiracy as part of a coordinated effort by 12 Russian military intelligence officers. Potemkin remains at large, last known to be in Moscow, Russia, and the case remains open as authorities continue efforts to locate and apprehend him.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Lead #4What is the current status of efforts to locate and extradite Potemkin from Russia?
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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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2016-01-01
2016 U.S. Presidential Election Interference Campaign
Alleged period during which Potemkin and co-conspirators conducted computer hacking and document theft operations targeting U.S. election infrastructure and personnel
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2018-07-13
Federal Indictment Returned
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers, including Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, for election interference conspiracy
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:April 29, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:April 29, 2026