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Russian Parliament Votes to Exclude Bloggers From Bill Branding Foreign News Outlets as “Foreign Agents”
Read more: Russian Parliament Votes to Exclude Bloggers From Bill Branding Foreign News Outlets as “Foreign Agents”The controversial proposal was devised by Alexander Malkevich, the U.S. government-sanctioned former editor of Russian propaganda site USA Really. Via Malkevich’s Telegram earlier today (courtesy of Google Translate): I’ll be honest: I’m upset; I personally voted in the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation against softening the bill on foreign agents. And this is what…
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Danny Trejo Recruited in Russian Propaganda Campaign
Read more: Danny Trejo Recruited in Russian Propaganda CampaignTrejo is the latest Hollywood celebrity to make headlines in Russia after recording a video in support of a notorious Russian political operative. The celebrities are seemingly being recruited through the pay-for-videos site Cameo. Charlie Sheen, Dolph Lundgren, and Vinnie Jones appeared in their first ever film together last month, when an obscure Russian YouTube channel…
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New Action Film “Shugalei” is Propaganda for Putin’s Cook
Read more: New Action Film “Shugalei” is Propaganda for Putin’s CookThe film credits election-meddling Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin as copyright holder. Yet the film’s co-financier, Alexander Malkevich, claims he was “not aware Prigozhin took any part in the creation of the film.” source As Libya’s U.N.-backed Government of National Accord wrests back control of Tripoli from Khalifa Haftar, the renegade leader of the Libyan National…
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Tommy Robinson Praises Putin, Slams “British Presstitutes” During Whirlwind Tour of Russian Media
Read more: Tommy Robinson Praises Putin, Slams “British Presstitutes” During Whirlwind Tour of Russian MediaThe anti-Islam activist pandered to pro-Kremlin media, mingled with a U.S.-sanctioned propagandist, and had some choice words for the British press. RIA FAN headline (source) Tommy Robinson, the co-founder and former leader of the anti-Islam English Defence League (EDL), landed in St. Petersburg last week for a whirlwind tour of Russian media, during which he…
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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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Round-Up 2019: Creating a Buzz
Read more: Round-Up 2019: Creating a BuzzHackers, backlinks, and Russian trolls. Revisiting my scoopiest stories of 2019 First up, a perennial thanks to zen master blogger Peter Heimlich and his wife Karen Shulman, BuzzFeed News Media Editor Craig Silverman, EIC Ben Smith, and online disinfo chronicler extraordinaire Jane Lytvynenko, Daily Beast EIC Noah Shachtman, reporters Lachlan Markay, Lachlan Cartwright, and Asawin…
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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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Sanctioned Kremlin Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Denies Allegations He Tried to Meddle in African Elections
Read more: Sanctioned Kremlin Propagandist Alexander Malkevich Denies Allegations He Tried to Meddle in African Elections“What does it mean – ‘the files lead to the trolls factory’? It’s a bunch of words,” said Malkevich, who is accused of orchestrating election interference campaigns in Africa. Alexander Malkevich (source) In recent months, reports have emerged of a new Kremlin-backed strategy to influence African elections. In April, BBC News reported that dozens of…
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Maria Butina’s Russian Advocate Responds to News Coverage of His Latest Fundraising Efforts
Read more: Maria Butina’s Russian Advocate Responds to News Coverage of His Latest Fundraising EffortsAlexander Ionov, who currently oversees convicted Russian agent Maria Butina’s legal fund, claims U.S. journalists are putting “psychological pressure” on Butina’s lawyers From left: Alexander Ionov, Valery Butin, and Alexander Malkevich (source) Last week, I blogged a quick story re: Maria Butina’s recent fundraising efforts. Investigative reporter Casey Michel also wrote about this story via…
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ThinkProgress Shout-out
Read more: ThinkProgress Shout-outThinkProgress cites Shooting the Messenger story re: Russian propaganda site Yesterday, Shooting the Messenger and American news website ThinkProgress published stories about efforts by Russian propagandist Alexander Malkevich and others to help raise money for convicted Russian agent Maria Butina. The ThinkProgress story, by investigative reporter Casey Michel, cited some of my previous work on…
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