Olga Tarasova (Oklahoma), the former KSORS vice-chairwoman and editor-in-chief of several Russian-language publications. Prior to the council's dissolution, she participated in pro-Kremlin forums, attended receptions at the Russian embassy, and wrote complimentary articles about Russian Foreign Ministry and Rossotrudnichestvo officials. Her son, lawyer Alexei Tarasov, rose to fame as the defender of Victor Bout and Konstantin Yaroshenko; he is also listed as a board member of the Congress of Russian Americans. With the outbreak of the war, Tarasova placed a dove of peace on top of her Facebook photo, and her newspaper, The Russian America, began publishing cartoons on Putin and reprinting material from independent Russian media.<br/>https://theins.ru/en/politics/256825
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