Uncovering the digital infrastructure behind Russian interference in Armenian elections dfrlab.org/2026/07/29/u...
Uncovering the digital infrastructure behind Russian interference in Armenian elections
How Russia's Storm-1516 reached millions of social media users with fabricated stories about Armenia.
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On June 12, 2026, dTeam observed seven Matryoshka videos published on X that utilized subliminal advertising techniques with the insertion of single frames of text into the videos.
As Armenia’s elections draw closer, Russia’s FIMI apparatus now claims that European states are pressuring the Armenian authorities to launch ‘large-scale religious persecutions’ in the country. This recurring narrative is baseless and very much a classic in Russia’s disinformation playbook.
Fact Check: PinkNews Did NOT Report That Armenia Faces Mandatory LGBTQ+, Transgender Quotas For Cabinet Members #CheckTok #FactCheck #PinkNews #Armenia #LGBTQ #EUmembership leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2...
The analysis shows that Russian operations, including Storm-1516, the Russian Foundation to Battle Injustice and Operation Overload, used coordinated tactics to influence political discourse in Armenia and weaken trust in democratic institutions. www.isdglobal.org/digital-disp...
All operations on Armenia: Russia's influence machine targets the vote - Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Multiple Russian information operations are converging on Armenia in an apparent attempt to influence parliamentary elections on 7 June
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ISD identified more than 30 Storm-1516 campaigns targeting Armenia between April 2025 and April 2026, making Armenia the operation’s most frequently targeted country during that period. www.isdglobal.org/digital-disp...
All operations on Armenia: Russia's influence machine targets the vote - Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Multiple Russian information operations are converging on Armenia in an apparent attempt to influence parliamentary elections on 7 June
isdglobal.org
Since May 2025, we've removed 8,526 accounts tied to state-backed influence activity on Bluesky. 4,907 of those takedowns happened in 2026 alone, roughly double the rate we saw in 2025. 1/4 🧵
Vincent Bolloré is a public danger to France. By putting Xenia Fedorova, the former head of RT France, on CNEWS as a ”journalist,” he is officially doing Putin’s job. Bringing a Kremlin propagandist into the heart of French media is nothing short of traitorous
La #propagande russe diffusée par Cnews & Cie se fait remarquer à l'étranger également. Voici ce que dit le chercheur @joniaskola.bsky.social : "Le modèle Bolloré est le suicide de la démocratie européenne [..] la France le laisse normaliser ce que nous devrions combattre".
Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Bolloré model is a death wish for European democracy. We are watching an active genocide in Ukraine, yet France lets a media mogul normalize the very influence we are supposed to be fighting. It is unacceptable to let the Kremlin’s interests thrive in the heart of Paris
In an unintentionally comedic FIMI campaign, Kremlin outlets are now devoting extensive coverage to Russia’s supposedly ‘excellent’ air defence systems, praising them as the world’s most capable, a claim increasingly difficult to reconcile with reality.
In this week’s update, read about how disinformation has become a central front in Armenia’s strategic shift towards Europe. #Armenia #europe #russia #disinformation
Armenia’s European Pivot
Welcome to IWPR’s Frontline Update, your go-to source to hear from journalists and local voices at the front lines of conflict. THE BIG PICTURE This week, European leaders gathered in Yerevan in a lan...
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«Content creators online are attracting large audiences with videos that show open drug use, crime, and piles of trash in European cities—often framed as evidence of the continent’s alleged decline. These videos frequently portray immigrants as responsible […]» #Europe #UK #platforms #monetization
What's behind the rise of European 'decline porn'? | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: For every dollar that we [the US] put into Ukraine, Europeans and others put in a dollar and a half. So the notion that they were free-riding on Ukraine is simply not true.
‼️ Hungary returns stolen Oschadbank funds and gold to Ukraine
Hungary returns seized Oschadbank funds and gold to Ukraine
Hungary has fully returned Oschadbank funds and valuables seized by Hungarian special services in March 2026.
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This is Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, head of the Russian Church. Pope Francis called him "The altar boy of Putin." 😂 He is worth $4-6 Billion! He wears a 600K watch and calls the war in Ukraine a "Holy War". Oh, he's also a former KGB thug. Now he's just a war criminal. #Ukrainewar #WarCriminal
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine ceases to exist. IF Russia ceases, the war ceases
Two Russian nationals were placed under house arrest after authorities uncovered separate attempts to bring large amounts of undeclared Russian rubles in cash into Armenia — with one one carrying $700,000, and another $82,000.
Armenia arrests two Russian nationals over alleged money smuggling
The arrests come as Armenia prepares for parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 June.
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The full force of Russian FIMI is now being deployed against Armenia ahead of its parliamentary elections, largely recycling the same narratives used in Moldova, with attacks on Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan almost perfectly mirroring those previously directed at Maia Sandu.
Public Service Announcement: Russia‘s propaganda botnets are going all-out trying to promote Victor Órban before the elections in Hungary, with a whole host of hair-raising disinformation narratives. The „act of terror“ story is still strong, so stay vigilant.
The dumbest russian-bot narratives is the Ukraine/Gaza comparisons! Look at the American anti-Israel clan like MTG & Tucker Carlson. Seeing the inhumanity of Israel’s attacks, but PRAISES russia. Thing is: evil is evil. They link together. Those not seeing that, has an agenda! PERIOD!
Steve Witkoff’s rise wasn’t an accident, neither is his role in Trump’s new Kremlin-friendly “peace plan.” For decades he operated inside the same russian money pipeline that shaped Trump’s world. The long format version: Witkoff & the russia relations 👇🏼 ineukraine.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Witkoff File: Three Decades of russian Cash, One Kremlin “Peace Plan.”
Steve Witkoff, Trump, and the Three-Decade Pipeline of russian Influence Behind the New “Peace Plan” A deep investigative dive into Steve Witkoff’s long-standing ties to russian money networks, his…
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Russia‘s #propaganda #botnets are going all in with their German Bundeswehr anxiety today. They REALLY don‘t want more of that. All of these are fake of course. The last one (next post) is particularly funny. #matryoshka
Der Führer eines Landes hat Großmachtfantasien und plant Angriffe auf andere Länder. Russland meint damit Merz und Deutschland.
Mit ABBA-Fake und Sylt-Video: So bringt Russland Deutschland und Merz in Nazi-Nähe
Der Kreml versucht vermehrt, Deutschland mit NS-Sympathien und Großmacht-Träumen zu verknüpfen. In Fake-Videos gegen Friedrich Merz wird es absurd.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Russian Matryoshka accounts used deep fakes of the Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron and the President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, with disinformation targeting the upcoming Moldovan Parliamentary elections.
🧵 Kaja Kallas has become, indirectly, one of the targets of the Russian state disinfo machine. As a part of 2-month campaign smearing Maia Sandu, Matryoshka bot network is today inciting a conflict between Sandu and Kallas. Likely to put spokes in the wheel of the Moldova-EU summit.
Mal besaß sie angeblich eine Villa im Wert von 15 Millionen Dollar, mal eine 150.000-Dollar-Handtasche, mal Offshore-Firmen. Angeblich hat sie sich sogar den »Markt für Kirchenausrüstung« unter den Nagel gerissen. Vor allem aber wird ihr Kinderhandel angedichtet. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Meinung: Russische Propaganda gegen Maia Sandu: Die Frau, die der Kreml gerade am meisten hasst
Russlands Propagandanetzwerke pumpen permanent neue Inhalte ins Netz. Sie greifen aktuelle Nachrichten wie den ukrainischen Drohnenschlag auf, vor allem aber haben sie eine hierzulande wenig bekannte ...
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Kolumne: Russlands Propagandanetzwerke feuern aus allem Rohren, mehrere Fake-Videos am Tag sind Standard. Ihr liebstes Ziel ist seit Wochen die Präsidentin von Moldau Maia Sandu.
Die russische Matryoshka-Kampagne fälscht jetzt Titelseiten von Titanic und Charlie Hebdo.
Erschütternd. Russlandpropagandist in Diensten Trumps attackiert medizinische Fachzeitschriften und Wikimedia Foundation - als Staatsanwalt. Hatte ich übersehen. www.rnd.de/wirtschaf...
Wikipedia: Der US-Angriff auf das freie Wissen hat begonnen
Ein Trump-naher US-Staatsanwalt stellt die Gemeinnützigkeit von Wikipedia infrage. Damit wird ein lange geplanter Angriff auf die Plattform Realität – und auf das freie Wissen der Welt. Wie ernst steht es um die Enzyklopädie?
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