Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options

What is known as Building One of the Kremlin houses President Vladimir Putin’s working office in downtown Moscow. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)

By Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Jaffe December 25 at 2:14 PM

The first email arrived in the inbox of CounterPunch, a left-leaning American news and opinion website, at 3:26 a.m. — the middle of the day in Moscow.

“Hello, my name is Alice Donovan and I’m a beginner freelance journalist,” read the Feb. 26, 2016, message.

The Washington Post examines how, nearly a year into his presidency, Trump continues to reject evidence that Russia supported his run for the White House. (Dalton Bennett, Thomas LeGro, John Parks, Jesse Mesner-Hage/The Washington Post)

Inside Obama's secret struggle to retaliate against Putin's election interference. (Whitney Leaming, Osman Malik/The Washington Post)

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