In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in January 2015 , it aired a piece from one of its regular contributors and ' expert political analysts ' that said the terrorist attack had been carried out by the US against France in order to further an anti-Russian agenda . These claims were treated as little more than conspiracy theories meant to build pro-Putin support in American media According to the Security Service of Ukraine , it is a paramilitary organization . Andrew Levus , SBU , called members of the LifeNews channel ' specific special operations combat units of information . '
Charlie Hebdo shooting
Charlie Hebdo shooting
Life (news agency, Russia)