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Russian state media this week asked for a welcoming hand to be extended to a group of right-wing media influencers who were caught up as unwitting dupes in an alleged illegal Russian influence scheme this week. As reported by Julia Davis at The Daily Beast, Russian state TV host Vladimir Solovyov appeared “notably shaken” by the DOJ indictment of two Russian operatives for funneling money to right-wing media companies in the United States in exchange for airing pro-Kremlin propaganda. In particular, Solovyov feared that former Fox News star Tucker Carlson, who infamously filmed a propaganda vi…