📰 Discover the faces of the 60 Russian agents in the second part of our investigation #PropagandaMachine: forbiddenstories.org/russian-agen... More revelations to come. @thecontinent.org @istories.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net @aeowinpact.bsky.social / Dossier Center

Sixty Russian agents identified: Prigozhin’s influence network taken over by the foreign intelligence service - Forbidden Stories

A data leak has allowed Forbidden Stories to identify more than 60 of its agents tasked with expanding Moscow’s disinformation efforts across three continents.

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🔴🇷🇺 [New revelations] Sixty Russian agents identified: Prigozhin’s influence network taken over by the ForeianuaryIntelligence Service. #Russia #Investigation #Disinformation #PropagandaMachine

1/ Issue 228 of The Continent is out: Wagner’s info warriors, post-Prigozhin. Leaked docs reveal their influence in 22 African countries. We focus on South Africa, Mali, CAR, Niger & Angola.

Breaking: An unprecedented leak of 1,431 internal documents shared by @thecontinent.org reveals the former Yevgeny Prigozhin network is still active, now under the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, running disinformation and influence ops across Africa and Latin America.

Forbidden Stories@forbidden-stories.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🔴🇷🇺#Propaganda Machine: Secret documents reveal Russia’s foreign influence strategy across three continents. @thecontinent.org @istories.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net @aeowinpact.bsky.social Dossier Center

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Forbidden Stories@forbidden-stories.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🔴 #PropagandaMachine: An unprecedented data leak shared by our partner @thecontinent.org has helped us uncover new findings on Russian influence operations.Tomorrow, Forbidden Stories will reveal more. @istories.bsky.social @opendemocracy.net @aeowinpact.bsky.social Dossier Center

”She was the bridge between Ukraine and those territories who provided this critical information about life [there]. After she disappeared, there is no coverage of what is happening.” By @phineasjfr.bsky.social & T. Pryimachuk

Russia’s ‘Ghost Detainees’: The Investigation That Cost Viktoriia Roshchyna Her Life

Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was pronounced dead in Russian captivity in October 2024, after being secretly held for months in Russian-occupied Ukraine and a Russian prison. In February 20...

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REVEALED: Russia's use of non-existing journalists/experts in francophone Africa as part of an influence campaign. In 'Africa's Ghost Reporters', we reveal a campaign that has impacted over a dozen francophone countries, with more than 200 articles published in local media. 🧵

🛑 Killed for exposing illegal deforestation? Journalist Chhoeung Chheng was shot in December 2024. His reporting triggered an official inquiry.We went to the scene to uncover the truth about his death. 📖 forbiddenstories.org/in-cambodia-...

In Cambodia, the death of a journalist highlights the secrecy shrouding environmental crimes

Forbidden Stories investigated the death of Chhoeung Chheng, a Cambodian journalist who was shot dead on his way home from reporting on a forest ravaged by illegal logging.

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🏠🇷🇺 🌍 Les «Maisons russes» sont devenues le principal instrument de la diplomatie culturelle du #Kremlin et contribuent à implanter durablement #Moscou en #Afrique

Les « Maisons russes », bras armé du soft power de Poutine en Afrique

Cours de langue, bourses d’études, événements culturels… Les « Maisons russes » sont devenues le principal instrument de la diplomatie culturelle du Kremlin et contribuent à implanter durablement Mos…

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Elise Thomas@elisethomas.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is a really fantastic scoop. It's particularly interesting for me because it's an insider source essentially confirming many of the details I found through OSINT back in 2019, some of which made it into this piece I wrote for @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/yevgheny-pri...

🚨 Russian law enforcement conducted a search & seizure at the home of the parents of fellow reporter Alesya Marokhovskaya - the editor-in-chief of Istories, an @occrp.bsky.social member center. A criminal case was opened against her under the “foreign agency” article. istories.media/en/news/2024...

Law Enforcement Conducted a Search and Seizure at the Home of IStories Editor-in-Chief Alesya Marokhovskaya’s Parents

A criminal case was opened against her under the “foreign agency” article

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French counter-disinfo agency VIGINUM published a new report today on the role of the Baku Initiative Group (BIG), which is based in Azerbaijan, in digital information manipulation activities targeting French overseas departments, regions, territories and Corsica. www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/files/files/...

"Plongée dans la machine de désinformation russe en #Centrafrique" Retrouvez ici les six articles écrits dans le cadre de l'enquête coordonnée par @forbidden-stories.bsky.social www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/2...

Plongée dans la machine de désinformation russe en Centrafrique

RFI vous invite à plonger dans la machine de désinformation russe en Centrafrique, dans le cadre d’une enquête du consortium Forbidden stories, qui poursuit le travail de journalistes tués ou empêchés...

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Hier, avec @forbidden-stories.bsky.social et 10 médias partenaires, nous avons publié #PropagandaMachine, une enquête sur laquelle j’ai travaillé des mois. Tout a commencé à l’automne 2022, lors de ma rencontre avec Ephrem Yalike. Il avait ce jour-là décidé de tout dévoiler. 1/8

Cool to see @ileap.bsky.social investigation for @forbidden-stories.bsky.social featured in AP today! #PropagandaMachine apnews.com/article/wagn...

A former staffer exposes how Russia's disinformation machine worked in Central African Republic

When Ephrem Yalike-Ngonzo was first approached in 2019 by a Russian who suggested he help promote the activities of the Central African Republic’s army and Russian forces in the country, the journalis...

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Enquête très impressionnante, à lire pour comprendre le fonctionnement russe en Afrique.

Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 2y ago

Les confessions d’un agent repenti de la « désinformation » et des « messages haineux » de Wagner en Centrafrique

REVELATIONS. A Central African journalist, Ephrem Yalike, reveals the dark secrets of Russian disinformation campaigns. He was a part of it. Now, he’s risking his life to expose the truth. #PropagandaMachine forbiddenstories.org/in-the-centr...

In the Central African Republic, a former propagandist lifts the veil on the inner workings of Russian disinformation

Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike offers evidence revealing, for the first time, the relentless influence exerted in his country by Russia.

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Avec @forbidden-stories.bsky.social nous révélons aujourd’hui le visage d’un des acteurs de la galaxie Prigojine, toujours présent sur le territoire centrafricain. Une enquête rendue possible grâce au témoignage du journaliste Ephrem Yalike. Il a decidé de lancer l’alerte.

Révélations d’un ex-propagandiste sur les secrets de la désinformation russe en Centrafrique

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In the face of Russian influence operations in Africa, journalists must collaborate or keep quiet. One of them is breaking the code of silence. 🔴 Revelations tomorrow. #PropagandaMachine

Forbidden Stories has worked on this topic for the past two years. Bravo to Lea and her team!! Stay tuned