Woman who ran Russia propaganda center in New York charged as foreign agent

Elena Branson, who has both US and Russian citizenship, received thousands of dollars from Moscow to run center

A woman who ran a Russia propaganda center in New York City was charged on Tuesday for acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the Russian government.

Elena Branson, 61, who has both US and Russian citizenship, ran the Russian Center New York, which she founded in 2012, receiving thousands of dollars from the Russian government.