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A Russian woman has been found guilty of foreign interference in the 2018 mid-term elections in the United States.

The woman is accused of trying to influence public opinion through social media in the first federal case on the 2018 mid-term elections.

The 44-year-old Elena Khusyaynova, a St. Petersburg, Russia-based accountant, was charged in a criminal complaint to victimize the U.S. for taking part in a scheme targeting social media advertisements and web postings intended at sowing "division and discord in the U.S. political system."

Khusyaynova works for Concord, a Russia-based company that Special Council Robert Mueller's office had indicted for alleged intervention in the 2016 election.

An investigation by Mueller, who is leading the investigation into the Russian interference of the 2016 presidential election, had set bare techniques to influence the U.S. politics used by Russians.

According to complaints filed against Khusyaynova, the Russians are using similar techniques for this year's mid-terms.

The unsealing of the new charge Friday seems to signal that the U.S. law enforcement is not letting up in its efforts to investigate, deter and publicize alleged Russian interference in the U.S. politics.

The release was coordinated with a statement from President Donald Trump's top national security leaders warning about the foreign interference efforts from Russia, China, and Iran.

-Sowmya Sangam