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"While many of the documents in the case remain classified, the sentencing memo provided rare detail into the broader malign-influence probe. Prosecutors noted that, at the behest of her FSB handlers—who assigned her the codename "Alyssa" - Zarubina attended the 2021 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia. Her objective, the government said, was "to help identify journalists who would be willing to provide positive coverage of the event and of Russia more generally." The government's memorandum included two photographs of Zarubina posing alongside individuals that prosecutors identified as intelligence targets."