Anonymous International is a

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known for leaking

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information and personal documents of government officials. They target high-ranking members of the government, large corporations, and media, and sell the stolen data. These actions are publicized on their blog, Shaltai Boltai, (, ), the name by which the group is also known. Over a period of 15 months the group published information about Russian politicians on 75 separate occasions. In October 2016,

Vladimir Anikeyev Vladimir Fedorovich Anikeyev () is the former ringleader of the anonymous group Shaltai Boltai. He was detained in Russia in November 2016, and was later sentenced to two years in prison for unlawful access to computer information. Early career An ...

(), known under the

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of "Lewis," considered the group's leader, was arrested and charged with unlawful access to computer information. In addition to Anikeyev, five more people were detained, among them one of the leaders of the FSB's Information Security Center, Sergei Mikhailov, and his deputy Dmitry Dokuchaev, as well as Ruslan Stoyanov, the former head of

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's Computer Incident Investigation Department. In October 2018, one of the co-founders of Shaltai Boltai,

Alexander Glazastikov Alexander Olegovich Glazastikov () is a Russian co-founder of the anonymous group Shaltai Boltai. In 2017, he applied for political asylum in Estonia. In October 2018, he was arrested in absentia in Russia. Early interactions with Anikeyev Glazas ...

, was arrested in absentia in Russia.

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