美國起訴12名俄羅斯軍官陰謀幹預年總統大選

Twelve Russian military intelligence officers were indicted by the U.S. special counsel on Friday of conspiring to interfere in the 2016 presidential elections.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment by a grand jury in Washington, D.C.

Eleven of the defendants were charged with conspiring to hack computers, steal documents and release them in an effort to influence the election.

The twelfth was charged with "conspiring to infiltrate computers of organizations responsible for administering elections, including state boards of election, secretaries of state, and companies that supply software and other technology used to administer elections," Rosenstein said.

The Russians worked for two units of GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency, according to the indictment.

The charges comes ahead of a July 16 meeting between U.S. president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Rosenstein said he briefed Trump on the allegations against the Russian operatives earlier this week.

"The president is fully aware of today's actions by the Department," Rosenstein told a press conference.

In February, the special counsel announced charges against a Russian social media troll company, 12 of its employees, and its financial backer.美國特別檢察官週五起訴12名俄羅斯軍隊情報官員陰謀幹預2016年的美國總統大選。

特別檢察官穆勒和司法部副部長羅森斯坦在華盛頓宣佈了大陪審團的指控。

其中11名被告被控實施電腦黑客行爲，偷取材料並將其公開，試圖影響大選。

羅森斯坦說，第12名被告被控“共謀侵入大選相關組織的電腦系統，包括州選舉委員會，州務卿以及爲大選提供軟件和其他技術的公司”。

起訴書說，這些俄羅斯人爲俄羅斯軍事情報總局“格魯烏”的兩個部門工作。

美國總統川普和俄羅斯總統普京不久將在赫爾辛基會面。羅森斯坦說，他本週早些時候向川普總統通報了這些指控。

“總統完全瞭解司法部採取的行動”，羅森斯坦在新聞發佈會上說。

今年二月，特別檢察官起訴了一家俄羅斯媒體公司，起訴其12名員工及背後金主。