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A campaign endorsing Haley Stevens, a Michigan Dem Senate candidate, is being run today by 9 India-based content-farm accounts on X and amplified by an engagement-for-hire network seen in other, completely unrelated campaigns. Primaries for this race are scheduled for today, Aug 4.
BREAKING: Russian state has started a campaign targeting the upcoming 2027 presidential elections in France. Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network posted a series of fake videos and magazine covers on X/Twitter today smearing Gabriel Attal, a candidate endorsed by Emmanuel Macron's party.
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network blames France and Ukraine’s SBU for assassination attempt on Ukrainian businessman Yermolaiev Fake videos suggest the attack was due to his alleged plans to testify on Zelensky’s activities, @antibot4navalny.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network blames France and Ukraine’s SBU for assassination attempt on Ukrainian businessman Yermolaiev
The Russian Matryoshka bot network has launched a disinformation campaign focused on the June 29 assassination attempt against Ukrainian businessman Vadym…
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Some of flash frames in today's videos of Matryoshka campaign targeting German Sept-2026 elections:
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Russische Desinformation mailt jetzt Faktencheckern vorgeblich im Namen des Watchaccounts den eigenen Mist, um Aufmerksamkeit zu generieren (oder Zeit zu stehlen)
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов@antibot4navalny.bsky.social · last mo.🧵 This is new in how Matryoshka works. They are emailing fact checkers impersonating us, @Antibot4Navalny team: asking to "verify" Matryoshka's daily set of fake videos / front covers *on our behalf*.
🧵 This is new in how Matryoshka works. They are emailing fact checkers impersonating us, @Antibot4Navalny team: asking to "verify" Matryoshka's daily set of fake videos / front covers *on our behalf*.
Russian-state influence campaign targets the Sep2026 elections in 2 states of Germany. It pits East Germans and West Germans against each other. In these (both eastern) states, AfD can potentially secure state power for the first time in German history. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web...
(S+) Desinformation aus Russland: Neue Kampagne nimmt Landtagswahlen ins Visier
Mit einer groß angelegten Einflussoperation versuchen ausländische Akteure, Ost- und Westdeutsche gegeneinander aufzuhetzen. Es ist nicht die erste Kampagne der Operation »Matrjoschka«.
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Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network spreads fakes about purported European conflict over “Russophobia obsession” Fake videos claim there are disagreements between the EU and the Baltics over the region’s “anti-Russian sentiment,” @antibot4navalny.bsky.social says.
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network spreads fakes about purported European conflict over “Russophobia obsession”
The Kremlin’s Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a campaign aimed at driving a wedge between the Baltic states and the rest of Europe, as well as…
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Kremlin bots respond with disinfo after former U.S. national intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard publishes report on “biolabs” in Ukraine Matryoshka's latest campaign features posts posing as @politico.com, @theguardian.com, @lefigaro.fr and even The Insider, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Kremlin bots respond with disinfo after former U.S. national intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard publishes report on “biolabs” in Ukraine
The Russian bot network Matryoshka has devoted a series of fake videos and posts to the topic of “American biolabs” in Ukraine, AntiBot4Navalny, a project that…
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After 24 Feb 2022, domestic producers stopped forwarding Russian material and started making their own pro-Kremlin synthesis. Bucha denial circulated in NZ Telegram by early April. By October, The Daily Telegraph (NZ) ranked among the top publishers of Russian state content. #nzpol
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network launches new disinfo campaign claiming France is preparing to turn Armenia into “foothold against Russia” The latest posts mimic @lefigaro.fr, @liberation.fr, @france24.com, @leparisien.fr and even The Insider, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Pro-Kremlin Matryoshka bot network launches new disinfo campaign claiming France is preparing to turn Armenia into “foothold against Russia”
The Russian bot network Matryoshka has launched a disinfo campaign targeting Armenia based on the hacking of Tchap, a French government messaging app that the…
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Despite record-high foreign influence efforts, the Kremlin failed to achieve any tangible impact on the Armenian elections. Our congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan and his party. Details on these efforts in the quoted thread: bsky.app/profile/anti...
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов@antibot4navalny.bsky.social · 2mo ago🧵 How important is the upcoming election in Armenia for the Russian state? Comparing efforts from the Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network across elections in 6 countries over 1.5 years, Armenia is now a leader in 3 metrics (out of 4): 🔭 effort 🔭 duration 🔭 throughput
“Zelensky fears coup,” “Russia hasn’t even started yet”: Kremlin bots launch wave of disinfo after the Ukrainian president’s letter to Putin The new campaign relies on content posing as @wsj.com, @bellingcat.com, @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and others, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
“Zelensky fears coup,” “Russia hasn’t even started yet”: Kremlin bots launch wave of disinfo after the Ukrainian president’s letter to Putin
The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a new disinformation campaign targeting Volodymyr Zelensky, triggered by the Ukrainian president's open…
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Latest Russian Matryoshka disinfo attack targeting Yerevan says Pashinyan had “meltdown” as France refused to import Armenian strawberries The latest campaign spotlighted by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social was launched days before the June 7 parliamentary elections.
Latest Russian Matryoshka disinfo attack targeting Yerevan says Pashinyan had “meltdown” as France refused to import Armenian strawberries
The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a new disinformation campaign against Armenia ahead of the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections and…
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Timeline of Kremlin narratives on Armenia: Mar 6–today | Matryoshka 🪆 bot network: "Pashinyan will start war with RU after elections" May 9 | Putin: "Armenia will face Ukraine's fate if it joins EU" Jun 4 | 🪆: "Armenian TV boasts of drones that can reach Moscow. AM will start war soon"
For those fact checkers / media who choose to cover this campaign of Storm-1516, we have an important development to share. Reach me via Signal for details: ab4n.240216
gnida project@gnidaproject.bsky.social · 2mo agoAnother likely Storm-1516 disinformation campaign promotes a fabricated video of Nikol Pashinyan hitting a child
Viory offers journalists training in fact-checking and #OSINT for verification. OSINT is indeed very useful. Here's how I used it to prove that Viory is not the independent organisation it claims to be.
Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 2mo agoNEW: @elisethomas.bsky.social reveals multiple links between Viory, a video news agency supplying national press agencies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and Ruptly news agency - a branch of sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
🧵 How important is the upcoming election in Armenia for the Russian state? Comparing efforts from the Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network across elections in 6 countries over 1.5 years, Armenia is now a leader in 3 metrics (out of 4): 🔭 effort 🔭 duration 🔭 throughput
Russia’s Matryoshka bots use System of a Down concert announcement to launch pre-election smear campaign against Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan The new campaign uses content posing as music magazine NME, CNN Türk, @france24.com, @euronews.com, and others, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Russia’s Matryoshka bots use System of a Down concert announcement to launch pre-election smear campaign against Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan
The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka is using a scandal surrounding the unconfirmed announcement of an upcoming System of a Down concert in Yerevan for a…
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In recent months, Facebook has been flooded with U.S. state-themed AI-generated images posted by suspiciously similar accounts with names such as "Life in Nevada" and "Utah Life". Despite the theme, the accounts in question appear to be run from Bangladesh. www.conspirator0.com/p/life-in-us...
Life in <U.S. state>, according to spammers from Bangladesh
In which a network of Facebook spam accounts posts curiously similar AI-generated memes about every U.S. state, with the possible exception of Delaware
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The latest Storm-1516 disinformation campaign targets Armenia. The campaign promotes a false narrative that the Armenian government is implementing a housing program along the Azerbaijani border to house 600 000 Azerbaijanis.
Very interesting piece by @qurium.org on residential proxies. www.qurium.org/forensics/th...
The Future and Past of Residential Proxies – Qurium Media Foundation
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A truly fascinating visualization (which we only can dream of for our reports) Also an impressive hypothesis —which will hopefully survive peer review.
Timothy Graham@timothyjgraham.bsky.social · 3mo agoSomething strange is happening in the markets just before President Trump posts on Truth Social. Our latest article (with @phzerosounds.bsky.social and Ella Chorazy) tells a visual story via a large-scale empirical analysis. stories.theconversation.com/the-market-m...
What's up with all of these Bluesky accounts posting generic-sounding posts about San Francisco, accompanied by (plagiarized) photographs with no alt text? Answer: they're part of a network of (possibly hijacked) spam accounts.
Very interesting mapping of far right in France—many of whom resonate with Kremlin talking points when speaking to a French audience. I wish someone posts a similar thread in English, giving more "so-what" answers to a broader, beyond-France, public. HT to @fugitivamel.bsky.social
LinkED@link-ed.info · 3mo agoAprès plusieurs mois de travail, nous lançons officiellement @Link-ed.info @Link-ed.info est un projet visant à cartographier la galaxie d’ #extrêmedroite à l’oeuvre pour porter au pouvoir le Rassemblement national. link-ed.info
For those whose replies are largely *edit post wen?* - do please add your opinion to Alex's thread.
alex benzer@alexbenzer.com · 3mo agook, deep breath… we're discussing *potentially* adding post editing to Bluesky this year.
Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network spreads disinfo about a looming hantavirus pandemic in Europe, despite scientists pointing to low risk The latest campaign includes content posing as @france24.com, Deutsche Welle and @liberation.fr, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network spreads disinfo about a looming hantavirus pandemic in Europe, despite scientists pointing to low risk
The Kremlin-linked “Matryoshka” bot network is spreading videos and images disguised as content produced by reputable Western media outlets warning readers of…
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Matryoshka bot network launches disinfo about Ukraine-Israel grain dispute, alleging attacks on Jewish bakeries and a rabbi cursing Zelensky The latest campaign includes content posing as @thestudyofwar.bsky.social, @euronews.com, @afp.com and others, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
Matryoshka bot network launches disinfo about Ukraine-Israel grain dispute, alleging attacks on Jewish bakeries and a rabbi cursing Zelensky
The Russian bot network Matryoshka has launched a new disinformation campaign amid a dispute between Ukraine and Israel over grain shipments, according to…
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