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Russia’s Latest Troll Site is a Total Failure
Read more: Russia’s Latest Troll Site is a Total FailureTHE FOUNDATION TO BATTLE INJUSTICE claims to be a human rights organisation for victims of state violence in predominantly English-speaking countries. Dubbed the “Russian FBI” in its home country, the organisation is, in fact, the latest project of Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was recently added to the American FBI’s “Most Wanted” list for allegedly organising online…
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Charlie Sheen Thanked After Accused Russian Troll is Released From Libyan Prison
Read more: Charlie Sheen Thanked After Accused Russian Troll is Released From Libyan PrisonA U.S.-sanctioned Kremlin policy adviser has thanked Sheen after the star was seemingly paid $400 to record a video in support of Russian political operative Maxim Shugaley, now free after spending 18 months in a Tripoli prison. The video, addressed to Shugaley, was posted on YouTube in September by an obscure Russian channel named “Интер…
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BBC Monitoring: Russian “Troll Factory” Cries Foul Over U.S. Ad Removal
Read more: BBC Monitoring: Russian “Troll Factory” Cries Foul Over U.S. Ad RemovalI wrote this story for BuzzFeed News, then I was targeted by a Russian disinfo campaign. BBC Monitoring reports Earlier this month, I bylined a story in BuzzFeed News, “A Russian Propagandist Ran An Ad In The Washington Post — And Then Ran Victory Laps In Russian Media.” After that story was published, a bunch…
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Twitter and Reddit Suspend Accounts Run by U.S.-Sanctioned Russian Propaganda Site
Read more: Twitter and Reddit Suspend Accounts Run by U.S.-Sanctioned Russian Propaganda SiteRussian troll factory-linked news site USA Really is struggling to connect with American voters ahead of 2020 election source For the second year in a row, Twitter and Reddit have suspended accounts belonging to sanctioned Russian propaganda website USA Really, one of a number of shady news outlets allegedly funded by Robert Mueller-indicted catering oligarch, Yevgeny…
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Head of Russian Propaganda Site USA Really Calls It Quits
Read more: Head of Russian Propaganda Site USA Really Calls It QuitsAlexander Malkevich and his website USA Really were sanctioned for “attempted election interference” last year Alexander Malkevich (source) Alexander Malkevich, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Russian propaganda website USA Really, has quit the project after he and his site were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in December. Malkevich, who currently leads Russia’s Civic Chamber of…
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Daily Beast: Google Yanks Services From Sanctioned Russian Website
Read more: Daily Beast: Google Yanks Services From Sanctioned Russian WebsiteUSAReally.com has been barred from using Google Analytics as the website’s American contributors reconsider their involvement — The site’s parent company has postponed its lawsuit against Facebook while its attorneys apply for a sanctions exemption. Read my latest at The Daily Beast. Via “Google Yanks Services From Russian Propaganda Site” by Lachlan Markay and Dean…
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Round-Up 2018: Here’s the Scoop
Read more: Round-Up 2018: Here’s the ScoopRussian trolls and stealth political campaigns. Revisiting my scoopiest stories of 2018 2018 was undoubtedly my most successful year since I started writing at Shooting the Messenger almost five years ago. Once described as an “amateur sleuth” by Politico and unceremoniously trashed by a surrogate for U.S. president Donald Trump on Fox News (something I’ve…
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Head of Russian Disinfo Website Sanctioned by U.S. Treasury
Read more: Head of Russian Disinfo Website Sanctioned by U.S. TreasuryIn June I scooped a story about attempts by Russian government media adviser Alexander Malkevich to set up a troll factory-linked propaganda website in Washington, D.C. Yesterday Malkevich was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for “attempted election interference” Since April, I’ve been doing original reporting on USA Really, a now-infamous disinformation website aimed at U.S. readers.…
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Russian Trolls Gatecrashed a Washington D.C. Midterm Election Party at the National Press Club
Read more: Russian Trolls Gatecrashed a Washington D.C. Midterm Election Party at the National Press ClubRussia’s Federal News Agency allegedly engaged in attempts to interfere in U.S. elections. Last week it gatecrashed a National Press Club election night party attended by Michael Avenatti, who told me: “Putin must be so proud.” Attendees at a National Press Club election night event have become targets of a disinformation campaign by Moscow’s Federal…
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Daily Beast: D.C. Media Venture Boasts Indicted Russian Agent as CFO
Read more: Daily Beast: D.C. Media Venture Boasts Indicted Russian Agent as CFOIn June, USA Really tried to set up shop in Washington D.C. It just implicated itself in a multi-million dollar criminal conspiracy. Check out my latest byline at The Daily Beast. Via “D.C.-Based Russian Media Venture Boasts that Indicted Kremlin Operative Is Its CFO” by Lachlan Markay and Dean Sterling Jones, The Daily Beast, October 26, 2018:…
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