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A registered foreign agent of Russia has repeatedly paid a right-wing influencer account to post memes and even promote a bogus voting fraud hoax, according to a report. Simeon Boikov, a podcaster known online as “AussieCossack,” paid the person behind the X account @Alphafox78 $100 a piece for about 10 posts, CNN reported Monday night. The account has about 650,000 followers and CNN obtained documents showing Boikov is a registered foreign agent for Russia in Australia. The posts include memes and recently a debunked video purporting to show voter fraud. Want more breaking political news? Cli…