“The Russian blogosphere is actively involved in the information war,” a recent investigation by the analytics firm IDS Partners found.
While these bloggers are technically “unofficial” propagandists, there are signs they get their orders straight from the top. The investigative outlet The Bell reported last November that one of the most popular pro-war Telegram channels, Rybar, was linked to Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.
IDS Partners warns that at least 23 bogus news sites have been amplifying claims made by these nationalist military bloggers to “positively portray the Russian invasion.” They then get laundered to foreign audiences.
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