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1919:– "the use of automation, algorithms, and big-data analytics to manipulate public life"—such as the spread of fake news and conspiracy theories. The researchers highlighted the role of the Russian Internet Research Agency in attempts to undermine democracy in the US and exacerbate existing political divisions. The most prominent methods of misinformation were "organic posting, not advertisements", and influence operation activity increased after the 2016 and was not limited to the 2016 election. Examples of efforts included "campaigning for African American voters to boycott elections or follow the wrong voting procedures in 2016", "encouraging extreme right-wing voters to be more confrontational", and "spreading sensationalist, conspiratorial, and other forms of junk political news and misinformation to voters across the political spectrum." 3671:). "Prism" targets main "news events, trends, information attacks, and anomalous activity" in blogs and social networks in real time and identifies the primary sources of information dissemination. Senior officials and the Russian presidential administration monitor social networks using Prisma. "Prism" identifies sites on the network which are intended to organize information attacks including fake sites that can be used to misinform users and information attacks organized by botnets and predicts information attacks, threats, etc. The GLASS News Terminal system aggregates data from main events of the day, negative and positive materials about the MVD and its leadership, criticism of MVD employees, authorities, opposition protests, etc. The Main Center for Communications and Information Security (Russian: 2143: 2249: 2447: 3389:: Facebook announces they have shut down eight pages, 17 profiles, and seven Instagram accounts related to "bad actors" identified recently with activity profiles similar to the IRA. The company says it doesn't have enough information to attribute the accounts, groups, and events to the IRA, but that a known IRA account was briefly an administrator of the "Resisters" group. The "Resisters" group was the first organizer on Facebook of the upcoming "No Unite The Right 2 – DC" protest scheduled in Washington, D.C., for 10 August. Some of the event's other organizers insist they started organizing before "Resisters" created the event's Facebook page. 135: 12395: 12381: 3535: 1799:. The requirement for the working hours for the trolls is also mentioned: 50 comments under news articles per day. Each blogger had to manage six accounts on Facebook, post at least three posts every day, and participate twice in the group discussions. Other employees had to manage 10 accounts on Twitter, publishing 50 tweets every day. Journalists concluded that Igor Osadchiy was a probable leader of the project, and the campaign itself was run by Internet Research Agency Ltd. Osadchiy denied his connection to the agency. 2276:. Local activists contacted "Don't Shoot." After being pressed on who they were and who supported them, "Don't Shoot" agreed to move the protest to St. Anthony police headquarters. The concerned local activists investigated further and urged not to participate after deciding "Don't Shoot" was a "total troll job." "Don't Shoot" organizers eventually relinquished control of the event to local organizers, who subsequently declined to accept any money offered by "Don't Shoot" to cover expenses. 12409: 1229: 1249:, who had participated in the Russian youth political community, was directly connected to the office in Olgino, and that his company, North-Western Service Agency, won 17 or 18 (according to different sources) contracts for organizing celebrations, forums and sport competitions for authorities of Saint Petersburg and that Soskovets' company was the only participant in half of those bids. In mid-2013 the agency won a tender for providing freight services for participants of 1354: 2234:. The "LGBT United" Facebook group organized a counter protest to confront the Westboro Baptist Church protest, including by placing an ad on Facebook and contacting local people. About a dozen counter showed up. Lawrence High School students did not participate in the counter protest because they were skeptical of the counter protest organizers. "LGBT United" was an IRA account that appears to have been created specifically for this event. 1373:!!! (st. Staraya Derevnia), salary 25960 per month (USD$ 780 as of 2013). Task: posting comments at profile sites in the Internet, writing thematic posts, blogs, social networks. Reports via screenshots. Individual schedule Payment every week, 1180 per shift (from 8.00 to 16.00, from 10.30 to 18.30, from 14.00 to 22.00). PAYMENTS EVERY WEEK AND FREE MEALS!!! Official job placement or according to contract (at will). Tuition possible." 3549: 5347:[New Year moving. "Troll Factory" moves from the building on Savushkina Street to the BC of former Putin campaign supporters: "Trolls from Savushkina Street" became "Lakhta trolls." The Troll Factory moves from the legendary office to the newly built Lakhta-2 business center. Apparently, the factory is expanding: the new building is not only more modern and status, but also larger in area.]. 5345:"Новогодний переезд. "Фабрика троллей" перебирается из здания на улице Савушкина в БЦ бывших жертвователей избирательной кампании Путина: "Тролли с улицы Савушкина" стали "лахтинскими троллями". "Фабрика троллей" переезжает из легендарного офиса в недавно построенный БЦ "Лахта-2". Судя по всему, фабрика расширяется: новое здание не только современнее и статуснее, но и больше по площади" 3675:) in the MVD stated that the users of these products are the Minister of Internal Affairs, his deputies, heads of main directorates, directorates and departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as employees of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and employees of other divisions of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 2684:, protesting the death of India Cummings. Cummings was a black woman who had recently died in police custody. The IRA's "Blacktivist" account on Facebook actively promotes the event, reaching out directly to local activists on Facebook Messenger asking them to circulate petitions and print posters for the event. Blacktivist supplies the petitions and poster artwork. 2718:. They are confronted by a large group of protesters, and some violent clashes ensue. The counterprotest was heavily promoted by IRA accounts on Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook, and the IRA website blackmatters.com. The IRA uses its Blacktivist account on Facebook to reach out, to no avail, to activist and academic Barbara Williams Emerson, the daughter of 1598:, about subjects along the propaganda lines assigned. Included among the employees are artists who draw political cartoons. They work for 12 hours every other two days. A blogger's quota is ten posts per shift, each post at least 750 characters. A commenter's norm is 126 comments and two posts per account. Each blogger is in charge of three accounts. 3269:: Facebook admits selling advertisements to Russian companies seeking to reach U.S. voters. Hundreds of accounts were reportedly tied to the Internet Research Agency. Facebook pledges full cooperation with Mueller's investigation, and begins to provide details on purchases from Russia, including identities of the people involved. 2473:

The indicted individuals are Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly Aslanov, Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva, Maria Anatolyevna Bovda, Robert Sergeyevich Bovda, Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik, Mikhail Ivanovich Bystrov, Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina, Aleksandra Yuryevna Krylova, Vadim Vladimirovich Podkopaev, Sergey Pavlovich

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based on U.S. Senate data noted that the Internet Research Agency had created 81 Facebook pages around the time of the 2016 election. Of these, 30 pages specifically targeted African-Americans, attracting a total of 1.2 million followers. During the same time period, it had created 25 pages targeting

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indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities, including the Internet Research Agency, on charges of violating criminal laws with the intent to interfere "with U.S. elections and political processes", according to the Justice Department. On 1 July 2023, it was announced that the Internet

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While the right-wing pages promoted Mr. Trump’s candidacy, the left-wing pages scorned Mrs. Clinton while promoting Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate. The voter suppression effort was focused particularly on Sanders supporters and African-Americans, urging

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in near real time the stand-alone blog platforms and social networks of nearly 60 million sites and could analyze the tone of the statements of each of these sources with a lag of several minutes or given as an estimated error of 2–3% almost in real time. The article called the terminals Volodin's

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police headquarters. The concerned local activists investigate further and urge protesters not to participate after deciding Don't Shoot is a "total troll job." Don't Shoot organizers eventually relinquish control of the event to local organizers, who subsequently decline to accept any money from

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protested the death of India Cummings, a black woman who had recently died in police custody. IRA's "Blacktivist" Facebook account actively promoted the event and reached out directly to local activists on Facebook Messenger asking them to circulate petitions and print. "Blacktivist" supplied the

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per month (at the time roughly US$ 651.41); those at the Savushkina Street office earned approximately 40,000 Russian rubles. In May 2014, Fontanka.ru described schemes for plundering the federal budget, intended to go toward the trolling organization. In 2017 another whistleblower said that with

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investigative reporter was told that the Internet Research Agency had shortened its name to "Internet Research," and as of June 2015 had been asked to leave the 55 Savushkina Street location "a couple of months ago" because "it was giving the entire building a bad reputation." A possibly related

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Savchuk later described extreme psychological pressure at the work place, with jokes circulating among employees that "one can remain sane in the factory for two months maximum", as result of constant switching between different personalities that the workers are expected to design and maintain

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In reviewing the ads buys, we have found approximately $ 100,000 in ad spending from June of 2015 to May of 2017 – associated with roughly 3,000 ads – that was connected to about 470 inauthentic accounts and Pages in violation of our policies. Our analysis suggests these accounts and Pages were

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by closing its account in April. The FAN is a sister organization to the IRA that operates from the same building in St. Petersburg. The FAN claims in its filing that it has no knowledge of the IRA, even though some current FAN employees were indicted by Mueller for their work with the

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under the keyword #EbolaInAtlanta, quickly relayed and picked up by users living in the city. A video was then posted on YouTube, showing a medical team treating an alleged Ebola victim at Atlanta Airport. On the same day, a different group launched a rumor on Twitter under the keyword

7823:[Former manager of the foreign department of the "troll factory" moved to the USA: Former duty manager of the foreign department of the Internet Research Agency ("troll factory") Agata Burdonova moved to the United States. She spoke about this on her page on VKontakte.]. 2038:, IRA had purchased advertisements on the website for US$ 100,000, 25% of which were geographically targeted to the U.S. Facebook's chief security officer said that the ads "appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum". 2336:

The IRA ran its most popular ad on Facebook on 19 October 2016. The ad was for the IRA's Back the Badge Facebook group and showed a badge with the words "Back the Badge" in front of police lights under the caption "Community of people who support our brave Police Officers."

1714:, which sparked outrage. BBC News found among other irregularities that the soldier's uniform is not used by the U.S. military and is easily purchased in Russia, and that the actor filmed was most likely a bartender from Saint Petersburg related to a troll factory employee. 702: 14010: 370: 7821:"Бывший менеджер иностранного отдела "фабрики троллей" переехала жить в США: Бывший дежурный менеджер иностранного отдела "Агентства интернет-исследований" ("фабрика троллей") Агата Бурдонова переехала в США. Об этом она рассказала на своей странице во "ВКонтакте"" 3275:: Thousand of people participate in the "We Stand with DREAMers! Support DACA!" rally in New York City. The rally was organized by the "Resisters" group on Facebook, one of the "bad actor" groups identified by Facebook in July 2018 as possibly belonging to the IRA. 5391:""Фабрика троллей" переехала в "Лахту-2": "Фабрика троллей" решила занять бизнес-центр большей площади в Санкт-Петербурге. Из офисов на улице Савушкина уже съехала часть сотрудников — они освободили два этажа, а еще два должны освободить до 1 февраля 2018 года" 13829: 13233: 2659: 7636: 2218:

via email but declined to give a name. The other rally, "Save Islamic Knowledge", was organized by another Facebook group called "United Muslims of America" for the same time and location. Both Facebook groups were later revealed to be IRA accounts.

13824: 13228: 2655: 1521: 1575:) which played a key role in a series of mass-scale disinformation campaigns, producing nearly 40'000 content units (memes, images, comments) over 4 months, used in specific campaigns targeted at governments of France, Poland, Germany and Ukraine. 12420: 730: 2639::The IRA Instagram account "Stand For Freedom" attempts to organize a confederate rally in Houston, Texas, on 14 November. It is unclear if anyone showed up. The Mueller Report identifies this as the IRA's first attempt to organize a U.S. rally. 6974: 3104:

The IRA runs its most popular ad on Facebook. The ad is for the IRA's Back the Badge Facebook group and shows a badge with the words "Back the Badge" in front of police lights under the caption "Community of people who support our brave Police

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account - a "backup" of now-closed IRA first one - saying, "THANK YOU for your support Miami! My team just shared photos from your TRUMP SIGN WAVING DAY, yesterday! I love you- and there is no question – TOGETHER, WE WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT

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article greatly expanded on government documents published by hackers earlier that year. The Internet Research Agency gained more attention by June 2015, when one of its offices was reported as having data from fake accounts used for biased

792: 3092:: "Miners for Trump" rallies are held across Pennsylvania. The IRA uses the same techniques to organize the rallies as they used for the "Florida Goes Trump" rallies, including hiring a person to wear a Clinton mask and a prison uniform. 2979:: The IRA's persona "Josh Milton" communicates with Trump Campaign officials via email to request Trump/Pence signs and the phone numbers of campaign affiliates as part of an effort to organize pro-Trump campaign rallies in Florida. 1629:— a place where you have to write that white is black and black is white. Your first feeling, when you ended up there, was that you were in some kind of factory that turned lying, telling untruths, into an industrial assembly line. 3382:

Business Insider article revealed a new Russian intelligence-linked "news" site, USAReally, which follows in the footsteps of previous Russian IRA-backed troll farms, and appears to be an attempt to "test the waters" ahead of the

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The IRA has also leveraged trolls to erode trust in American political and media institutions and showcase certain politicians as incompetent. Journalists have written that themes of trolling were consistent with those of other

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via email but declines to give a name. The other rally, "Save Islamic Knowledge", is organized by the Facebook group "United Muslims of America" for the same time and location. Both Facebook groups are later revealed to be IRA

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and YouTube videos showing a chemical plant fire. Centerville is home to many chemical plants, but the plant named in the tweets does not exist. Initial tweets are sent directly to politicians, journalists, and Centerville

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reports that the Moscow-based news website "USAReally.com" appears to be a continuation of the IRA's fake news propaganda efforts targeting Americans. The site, launched in May, has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, and

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in social networks, which called for violence against the Ukrainian government and for starting "The Third Maidan". They reported that the organizer of this system is the former anti-Ukrainian combatant Sergiy Zhuk from

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as part of its influence campaign. On the same day, Tumblr announced that they had banned 84 accounts linked to IRA, saying that they had spread misinformation through conventional postings rather than advertisements.

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report, IRA recruited four African-American activists into taking real action via protests and self-defense training in what would seem to be a further attempt to exploit racial grievances. According to reporting by

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later confirmed that pro-Russia commentary had flooded Polish Internet portals at the start of the Ukrainian crisis. German-language media websites were also flooded with pro-Russia comments in the spring of 2014.

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The United States Justice Department announced the indictment on 16 February 2018, of the Internet Research Agency while also naming more than a dozen individual suspects who allegedly worked there as part of the

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article describes various experiences reported by former employees of the Internet Research Agency at the Savushkina Street location. It also describes several disruptive hoaxes in the US and Europe, such as the

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The IRA uses its email account to contact a Trump campaign official in Florida. The email requests campaign support at the forthcoming "Florida Goes Trump" rallies. It is unknown whether the campaign official

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has said that the IRA was the least effective of all Russia's interference campaigns in the 2016 U.S. election, despite its outsized press coverage, and that it made no measurable impact on American voters.

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German media have been complaining for months about their news sites being bombarded with pro-Russian comments. German security sources say they are part of an organized offensive steered from the Kremlin.

2214:. The "Stop Islamization of Texas" rally was organized by the Facebook group "Heart of Texas". The posting for the event encouraged participants to bring guns. A spokesman for the group conversed with the 13814: 2188:, Twitter, and Facebook, and the IRA website blackmatters.com. The IRA used its Blacktivist Facebook account to reach out, to no avail, to activist and academic Barbara Williams Emerson, the daughter of 2092:

Once the election was concluded, the IRA posted messages mocking accusations of Russian interference, with one post reading: “You’ve lost and don’t know what to do? Just blame it on Russian hackers.”

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The realization that you can invent any fact, then watch it absolutely synchronized with the media outlets as one massive information outflow and spread worldwide – that absolutely breaks your psyche

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investigation identified the Olgino factory as the most likely producer of a September 2015 "Saiga 410K review" video where an actor posing as a U.S. soldier shoots at a book that turns out to be a

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reports that Greenfloid LLC, a tiny web hosting company registered to Sergey Kashyrin and two others, hosted IRA propaganda websites DoNotShoot.Us, BlackMattersUS.com and others on servers in a

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Using a different set of Twitter accounts, the IRA spreads a hoax about a purported police shooting of an unarmed black woman in Atlanta. The hoax includes a blurry video of the purported event.

2545:, two IRA employees, travel to the U.S. to collect intelligence. Maria Bovda, a third employee, is denied a visa. All three are indicted in February 2018 for their work on election interference. 2305:

17 "Florida Goes Trump" rallies were held across Florida on 25 August 2016. The rallies were organized by IRA using their "Being Patriotic" Facebook group and "march_for_trump" Twitter account.

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on 10 July 2016. A "Blue Lives Matter" counter protest was held across the street. The "Blue Lives Matter" protest was organized by the "Heart of Texas" Facebook group controlled by the IRA.

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with conspiracy to defraud the United States by managing the finances of the social media troll operation, including the IRA, that attempted to interfere with the 2016 and 2018 US elections.

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Despite links to Alexei Soskovets, Nadejda Orlova, deputy head of the Committee for Youth Policy in Saint Petersburg, disputed a connection between her institution and the trolling offices.

13931: 13327: 4203:"The extraordinary story of Putin's early life: He was a cosseted child from a nondescript neighbourhood who approached the KGB at 16 to offer his services. Philip Short traces his origins" 330: 1900:'s Anti-Corruption Foundation, suggests that the point of sponsoring paid Internet trolling is to make the Internet so distasteful that ordinary people are not willing to participate. The 13819: 13806: 13223: 12288: 11425: 2520: 2203:, protesting the death of India Cummings. Like the 4 April rally, the event was heavily promoted by IRA's "Blacktivist" Facebook account, including attempted outreach to local activists. 2124:

for working with the IRA to influence not only the 2016 elections but also the upcoming 2018 midterm elections As of February 2024, Khusyaynova has not been apprehended, according to the

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reported that, according to Alexey Soskovets, head of the office in Olgino, North-Western Service Agency was hiring employees for similar projects in Moscow and other cities in 2013.

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in New York City. The protest was organized by the "Resisters" group on Facebook, one of the "bad actor" groups identified by Facebook in July 2018 as possibly belonging to the IRA.

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On 16 February 2018, the Internet Research Agency, along with 13 Russian individuals and two other Russian organizations, was indicted following an investigation by Special Counsel

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organization, to help with organizing efforts, but they decline to help. Small rallies are held in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, and other cities. No one attends the Lubbock rally.

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in Washington, D.C., showing a photo of Obama with the words "Goodbye Murderer" at the bottom. The IRA Twitter third account takes credit and is an early promoter of the banner.

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and Hillary Clinton were fighting for the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Anti-Obamacare messages peaked during the debates leading up to the attempted repeal of the

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in 2023 found "no evidence of a meaningful relationship between exposure to the Russian foreign influence campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or voting behavior".

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found the IRA sent thousands of tweets during the 2016 election campaign in an attempt to drive Bernie Sanders supporters away from Hillary Clinton and towards Donald Trump.

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was charged with interference in the 2016 and 2018 US elections. She is alleged to have been working with the IRA. She was said to have managed a $ 16 million budget.

13774: 11195: 6104: 5941:[Report on the state of Poland's internet security in 2014] (in Polish). Rządowy Zespół Reagowania na Incydenty Komputerowe CERT.GOV.PL. March 2015. Archived from 5349: 5243: 1508: 1433: 585: 282: 3119:. The IRA website BlackMattersUS recruits unwitting local activists to organize the rally. BlackMattersUS provides an activist with a bank card to pay for rally expenses. 3066:: The IRA sends money to its American groups to fund the 11 September rally in Miami, and to pay the actress who portrayed Clinton at the West Palm Beach, Florida, rally. 2417:

from human rights defending initiative Team 29 represented Savchuk, and the defendant "troll-factory" agreed to pay Savchuk her withheld salaries and to restore her job.

2312:. Only a small number of people showed up for the three-hour event, most likely because it was Saturday and the Chambers were closed. "SecureBorders" was an IRA account. 1239:(PBS is funded by member station dues, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, corporate contributions, pledge drives, foundations and individual citizens.), 8 June 2015 8427: 7087: 3448: 2021:. The campaign used sophisticated Twitter bots to amplify highly polarizing pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine messages containing the hashtag #VaccinateUS. In November 2017, 9029: 5905: 1583:

More than 1,000 paid bloggers and commenters reportedly worked only in a single building at Savushkina Street in 2015. Many other employees work remotely. According to

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from Medialogia include the Prizma information and analytical systems, the GLASS News Terminal, Medialogy and the Medialogy-Government Procurement system (Russian:

14015: 14005: 13691: 13642: 13192: 11312: 10785: 10780: 10775: 4873: 4703: 3633: 3125:: The IRA Twitter first account alleges "#VoterFraud by counting tens of thousands of ineligible mail in Hillary votes being reported in Broward County, Florida." 3060:: The IRA Facebook group "United Muslims of America" organizes a "Safe Space for Muslim Neighborhood" rally outside the White House, attracting at least 57 people. 2014:#shockingmurderinatlanta, reporting the death of a disarmed black woman shot by police. Again, a blurry and poorly filmed video is broadcast to support the rumor. 1948: 1174: 1005: 277: 272: 267: 124: 9646:

Bail, Christopher A.; Guay, Brian; Maloney, Emily; Combs, Aidan; Hillygus, D. Sunshine; Merhout, Friedolin; Freelon, Deen; Volfovsky, Alexander (7 January 2020).

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The American Department was headed by Jeykhun Aslanov, an Azerbaijani who, in October 2017, was 27. Maria Bovda was the previous head of the American Department.

192: 6941: 2268:. Some local activists became suspicious of the motives behind the event because St. Paul police were not involved in the shooting. Castille had been shot by a 13978: 13536: 12029: 12014: 11250: 10468: 8270: 2184:. They were confronted by a large group of anti-racist counterprotestors, and some violent clashes ensued. The protest was heavily promoted by IRA accounts on 365: 1159:, "Ольгинские тролли") have become general terms denoting trolls who spread pro-Russian propaganda, not only necessarily those based at the office in Olgino. 969:

with ties to Russian intelligence," commenting that "they previously were devoted to supporting Russian actions in Ukraine— started to advocate for candidate

11287: 11255: 10241: 7299: 2348:. BlackMattersUS recruited unwitting local activists to organize the rally. BlackMattersUS provided one activist with a bank card to pay for rally expenses. 207: 1303:, who reported extensively on the pro-Russian trolling activities in Finland, was targeted by an organized campaign of hate, disinformation and harassment. 13958: 13202: 11110: 6644: 3226:: The Internet Research Agency (IRA)'s "United Muslims of America" Facebook group posts a meme complaining about the cost of the 6 April missile strike on 1851:

expressed suspicion that Russia was employing people to "bombard" its website with pro-Russian comments on Ukraine-related articles. Poland's governmental

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In May 2015, a trolling company employee Lyudmila Savchuk in Saint Petersburg sued her employer for labor violations, seeking to disclose its activities.

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A Trump supporter suggests to the IRA Twitter account "March for Trump" that it contact a Trump campaign official. The official is emailed by the agency.

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IRA groups buy ads for the "Florida Goes Trump" rallies. The 8,300 people who click on the ads are sent to the Agency's "Being Patriotic" Facebook page.

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in New York City. It is unclear whether anyone attended this protest or instead attended the "March for Truth" affiliated protest held on the same day.

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in New York City. It is unclear whether anyone attends this protest or instead attends the "March for Truth" affiliated protest held on the same day.

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Broniatowski, David A.; Jamison, Amelia M.; Qi, SiHua; AlKulaib, Lulwah; Chen, Tao; Benton, Adrian; Quinn, Sandra C.; Dredze, Mark (23 August 2018).

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attracts large crowds in Baltimore. The IRA's Blacktivist Facebook group promotes and organizes the event, including reaching out to local activists.

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on the 13 Russian and organizations indicted by Mueller, preventing them from entering the United States to answer the charges should they wish to.

14170: 10660: 8569: 8481: 7852: 7264: 7172: 5455: 5376: 5143:. (Where do trolls live in the Russian Federation: how do Internet provocateurs work in St. Petersburg and who feeds them) finance.ua. 5 March 2014 4429: 4361: 2542: 1740: 1516: 9616: 8223: 7820: 7599: 3371:: Mueller indicts 13 Russian citizens, IRA/Glavset and two other Russian entities in a 37-page indictment returned by a federal grand jury in the 12688: 12295: 12019: 9244: 5152: 3598: 7892: 2870:. Local activists contact Don't Shoot. After being pressed on who they are and who supports them, Don't Shoot agrees to move the protest to the 1587:, more than 600 people were generally employed in the trolls' office earlier, in June 2014. Each commentator has a daily quota of 100 comments. 14225: 13909: 13635: 13155: 11211: 9599:

DiResta, Renee; Shaffer, Kris; Ruppel, Becky; Sullivan, David; Matney, Robert; Fox, Ryan; Albright, Jonathan; Johnson, Ben (17 December 2018).

8755: 7572: 6625: 625: 600: 5938: 4771: 2931:: The IRA's "Matt Skiber" persona contacts the real "Florida for Trump" Facebook account. The "T.W." persona contacts other grassroots groups. 2746:: Two competing rallies are held in Houston to alternately protest against and defend the recently opened Library of Islamic Knowledge at the 2441: 2308:

The "SecuredBorders" Facebook group organized the "Citizens before refugees" protest rally on 27 August 2016, at the City Council Chambers in

14155: 13995: 13747: 12278: 10973: 10929: 10735: 10410: 8692: 7507: 6881: 6396: 6374: 5390: 2322:"BlackMattersUS", an IRA website, recruited activists to participate in protests on the days immediately following 20 September 2016, police 1893:, and Dmitriy Aleshkovskiy have said that paid Internet-trolls don't change public opinion. Their usage is just a way to steal budget money. 782: 232: 8819: 6502: 5004: 4144: 14160: 12066: 12024: 11368: 10956: 9584: 9442: 8399: 8342: 4072: 1477: 590: 242: 6475: 5271:. (Media: "Olginsky trolls" became "Savushkin") (Trolls from Olgino moved to a new four-story office on Savushkina) dp.ru. 28 October 2014 4335: 3141:: Anti-Clinton "Texit" rallies are held across Texas. The IRA's "Heart of Texas" Facebook group organizes the rallies around the theme of 14200: 13963: 13705: 13608: 12931: 12926: 12921: 10998: 10939: 9648:"Assessing the Russian Internet Research Agency's impact on the political attitudes and behaviors of American Twitter users in late 2017" 8720: 4444: 2458:

for alleged illegal interference in the 2016 presidential elections, during which they strongly supported the candidacy of Donald Trump,

2355:"Texit" rallies were held across Texas on 5 November 2016. The "Heart of Texas" Facebook group organized the rallies around the theme of 1388:

had existed and had been functioning since September 2013. It was situated in a white cottage, 15 minutes by an underground railway from

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in prison garb and someone to build a cage to hold the actress. The actress and cage are to appear at the "Florida Goes Trump" rally in

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According to the testimonies of the investigative journalists and former employees of the offices, the main topics for posts included:

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account. The Instagram ad asks users to upload photos with the hashtag #KIDS4TRU to "make a patriotic team of young Trump supporters."

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The Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency, which interfered in the 2016 election, is using different methods to hide itself better.

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In March 2015 a service enabling censorship of sources of anti-Ukrainian propaganda in social networks inside Ukraine was launched.

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Polozov, Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin, Gleb Igorevitch Vasilchenko, and Vladimir Venkov. All of the defendants are charged with

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The "Miners for Trump" rallies held in Pennsylvania on 2 October 2016, were organized by IRA's "Being Patriotic" Facebook group.

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reports that nearly 600 IRA Twitter accounts posted nearly 10,000 mostly conservative-targeted messages about health policy and

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reported that this company is a successor of Internet Research Agency Ltd. Internet Research Ltd. is considered to be linked to

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on 3 September 2016. At least 57 people attended the event organized by the IRA's "United Muslims of America" Facebook group.

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from 7 September 2009 to 21 May 2012. From October 2012, the Moscow City Hall was under leadership of the Mayor of Moscow

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The IRA's "United Muslims of America" Facebook group organized the "Make peace, not war!" protest on 3 June 2017, outside

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The extent to which the agency tried to influence public opinion using social media became better known after a June 2014

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In May–June 2014, Internet trolls invaded news media sites and massively posted pro-Russian comments in broken English.

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Eady, Gregory; Paskhalis, Tom; Zilinsky, Jan; Bonneau, Richard; Nagler, Jonathan; Tucker, Joshua A. (9 January 2023).

650: 13742: 13431: 13374: 13343: 12753: 12542: 12160: 11393: 11373: 11327: 10607: 10220: 9517: 7789: 6677: 5996: 5423: 5133: 4598: 4364:[The Ministry of Internal Affairs will purchase monitoring systems for social networks and the blogosphere]. 2985:: A Trump campaign county chair contacts the IRA through their phony email accounts to suggest locations for rallies. 2803:: The IRA group "United Muslims of America" buys Facebook ads for the "Support Hillary, Save American Muslims" rally. 2463: 1954: 1470: 1271: 1105: 993: 452: 197: 9797: 8881: 8455: 7113: 3026:: 17 "Florida Goes Trump" rallies are held across Florida. The rallies are organized by Russian trolls from the IRA. 2031:

study which found that hundreds of IRA accounts were also trying to influence UK politics by tweeting about Brexit.

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The IRA pays the person they hired to build a cage for a "Florida Goes Trump" rally in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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IRA's "Don't Shoot" Facebook group and affiliated "Don't Shoot Us" website tried to organize a protest outside

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On 23 April 2016, a small group of white-power demonstrators held a rally they called "Rock Stone Mountain" at

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In September 2017 Facebook said that ads had been "geographically targeted". Facebook revealed that during the

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The IRA Facebook group LGBT United organizes a candlelight vigil for the Pulse nightclub shooting victims in

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outlets in topics and timing. Technical points used by trolls were taken mainly from content disseminated by

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Thousands of people participate in the "Protest Trump and ideology of hate at Trump Tower!" protest outside

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building. Participants pass around petitions calling for a Civilian Police Accountability Council ordinance.

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In 2024 an investigation by several media outlets revealed documents leaked from "Agency of Social Design" (

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Millions of tweets were flying furiously in the final days leading up to the 2016 US presidential election.

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Lyudmila Savchuk, Polygraph, "Working in Russian Troll Factory Pushed Reporter to ‘Edge of Insanity'", 2018

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Information of the work being conducted at the Agency comes in part from interviews with former employees.

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was linked to the funding of several media outlets in Ukraine and Russia, including Kharkiv News Agency,

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station, opposite Olgino railway station. Workplaces for troll-employees were placed in basement rooms.

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neighborhood. Greenfloid is listed as the North American subsidiary of ITL, a hosting company based in

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Timeline of post-election transition following Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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with charges stemming from "impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of government."

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The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies are Undermining America and Dismantling the West

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An American contacts the IRA's "Being Patriotic" account about a possible 11 September event in Miami.

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Howard, Philip; Ganesh, Bharath; Liotsiou, Dimitra; Kelly, John; François, Camille (1 October 2019).

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protest rally is held in Dallas. A "Blue Lives Matter" counterprotest is held across the street. The

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organization, to help with organizing efforts, but they declined to help. Small rallies were held in

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Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President — What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know

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published his investigation into Prigozhin’s "troll factory". The January 2017 report issued by the

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revealed new details about IRA gathered from leaked internal documents, which showed that IRA used

1916: 1512: 1467:, that may be attributable to the Internet Research Agency or similar Russian-based organizations. 227: 12305: 6975:"Russians got tens of thousands of Americans to RSVP for their phony political events on Facebook" 5400: 5202:. (The Americans have launched a hunt for Internet trolls paid by the Kremlin) zik.ua. 5 June 2014 5005:"My Year as a Pro-Russia Troll Magnet: International Shaming Campaign and an SMS from Dead Father" 4062: 3098:: The IRA's Instagram account "Woke Blacks" makes a post aimed at suppressing black voter turnout. 2210:

to alternately protest against and defend the recently opened Library of Islamic Knowledge at the

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1 February 2018: Optikov street, 4, building 3, Lakhta-2 business center, Lakhta, Saint Petersburg

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from 2014 through May 2018. Pro-ObamaCare messages peaked around the spring of 2016 when Senator

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also spread this hoax. The hoax includes a YouTube video of medical workers wearing hazmat suits.

2391: 2223: 2181: 2028: 1860: 1282: 981: 876: 385: 7300:"Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram" 6163:[Ukraine has launched a service to block anti-Ukrainian propaganda source TrolleyBust]. 6030: 4574:[Where are the trolls: The internet provocateurs in St. Petersburg and who funds them]. 4096:"Special counsel Mueller: Russians conducted 'information warfare' against US to help Trump win" 3183:

to Trump Tower. The protest is organized by the IRA using their BlackMattersUS Facebook account.

3072:: BlackMattersUS, an IRA website, recruits activists to participate in protests over the police 2797:: The IRA persona "Matt Skiber" contacts an American to recruit for the "March for Trump" rally. 1196:

links the approved-by-Russian-authorities strategy of public consciousness manipulation through

14180: 14053: 14046: 13937: 13500: 13457: 13419: 13409: 13042: 12720: 11955: 11876: 10743: 10705: 10670: 10395: 10136: 10052: 9478: 8631: 7868:"Trump administration announces new sanctions on Russians charged in the Mueller investigation" 7396: 7149: 6998: 6649: 6025: 4177: 3806: 2871: 2863: 2844:: "United Muslims of America", an IRA group, orders posters with fake Clinton quotes promoting 2656:

Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)

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The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election

432: 202: 177: 9460: 8150: 6358: 6254: 6001: 5426:["The losers are working with Kremlin workers." Sad weekdays of the "troll factory"]. 5305: 5131:Де живуть тролі у РФ: як працюють інтернет-провокатори в Санкт-Петербурзі і хто ними заправляє 4596:Де живуть тролі у РФ: як працюють інтернет-провокатори в Санкт-Петербурзі і хто ними заправляє 4454: 4049: 13601: 12957: 12683: 12522: 12472: 12320: 12240: 11460: 11088: 10893: 10682: 10478: 10400: 10385: 10280: 10212: 10204: 10141: 10097: 10067: 10032: 9958: 8508:"Google cache of "Rally in Memory of Sandra Bland" www.facebook.com/events/1751718638376338/" 7545: 7201:"Google cache of "Rally in Memory of Sandra Bland" www.facebook.com/events/1751718638376338/" 6419:"Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate" 5564: 3603: 2710:: A small group of white-power demonstrators hold a rally they call "Rock Stone Mountain" at 2691: 2299: 2166: 2088:

them to shun Mrs. Clinton in the general election and either vote for Ms. Stein or stay home.

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right-wing audiences, and these had attracted a total of 1.4 million followers. According to

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began publishing documents received from hacked emails of Internet Research Agency managers.

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magazine, the website for the company Medialogia offered a system known as Prisma terminals (

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Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump

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International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic

12335: 8271:"Houston Confederate rally 'earliest evidence' of Russian interference, says Mueller report" 5354: 4871:[Near St. Petersburg lies the lair of trolls that brand and praise Russian cinema]. 4772:"Wagner chief admits to founding Russian troll farm sanctioned for meddling in US elections" 3135:: The IRA Instagram account "Blacktivist" suggests people vote for Stein instead of Clinton. 1116:, senior officials at the Main Center for Communications and Information Security (Russian: 14065: 14058: 12547: 12447: 12340: 12225: 12210: 12150: 11603: 10807: 10375: 9659: 9249: 8824: 8724: 8511: 7512: 7204: 6858: 6303: 5168:Где живут тролли. Как работают интернет-провокаторы в Санкт-Петербурге и кто ими заправляет 4868:Под Петербургом обнаружено логово троллей, которые клеймят Навального и хвалят русское кино 4571:Где живут тролли. Как работают интернет-провокаторы в Санкт-Петербурге и кто ими заправляет 3843: 3769: 3756: 3372: 2414: 1908: 1621: 1511:

in December 2017, the office moved from the four-story building at 55 Savushkina Street to

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Proof of Conspiracy: How Trump's International Collusion is Threatening American Democracy

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In 2012, other monitoring systems for social media in Russia included Kribrum (Russian:

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on 16 July 2016, the first anniversary of her death. The rally was held in front of the

1722: 1645:) and is a political strategist that has coordinated the trolls' efforts for Prigozhin. 14025: 13968: 13436: 13012: 12784: 12673: 12230: 12200: 12195: 12165: 12145: 11738: 11707: 10576: 10566: 10380: 10234: 10107: 10082: 9921: 9747: 9703: 9690: 9647: 9221: 9190: 9030:"Fake news on Twitter—including from Russia—flooded swing states that helped Trump win" 8886: 8721:"We hung out a huge banner right on the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Goodbye to murderer" 8697: 8507: 8373: 8155: 7846: 7200: 7064: 6451: 6418: 6334: 6291: 5449: 5370: 5073: 4750: 4449: 4423: 3976:"Журналист BBC Андрей Захаров, написавший о любовнице и дочери Путина, уехал из России" 3957: 3723: 3568: 3490: 2901:: An IRA group buys ads on Facebook for the "Down with Hillary" rally in New York City. 2888: 2837:

and bank accounts to act as conduits for funding their activities in the United States.

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campaign" and that the "virtual assault" was the work of the Internet Research Agency.

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Organizations associated with Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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Collins, Ben; Resnick, Gideon; Poulsen, Kevin; Ackerman, Spencer (20 September 2017).

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By early 2018, Facebook suspended 70 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency:

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Organizations associated with Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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Timelines related to Donald Trump and Russian interference in United States elections

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The IRA's "Matt Skiber" persona contacts another Trump campaign official on Facebook.

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blames anti-racist protesters for violence and promotes two videos shot at the event.

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in New York City, 12 November 2016, which was allegedly organized by a Russian group.

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Collins, Ben; Poulsen, Kevin; Ackerman, Spencer; Woodruff, Betsy (18 October 2017).

7237:"Exclusive: Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Trump Rallies in 17 U.S. Cities" 6994:"Facebook ad promoting 2016 Lawrence protest among those paid for by Russian trolls" 6532:"Russian firm tied to pro-Kremlin propaganda advertised on Facebook during election" 5471:"Leaked Files from Putin's Troll Factory: How Russia Manipulated European Elections" 5103: 3534: 3334:, registered to Dmitry Deineka. Deineka gave conflicting answers when questioned by 13596: 13571: 13505: 13122: 13097: 13067: 13027: 12997: 12964: 12880: 12774: 12768: 12748: 12736: 12714: 12598: 12537: 12512: 12487: 11917: 11743: 11702: 11687: 11677: 11646: 10295: 10270: 10119: 10087: 10012: 9802:[All the trolls. Trolls – Who are they?] (in Russian). 2014. Archived from 9782: 9731: 9685: 9667: 9580: 9323: 9124: 9060: 8969: 8657: 8627:"Charlotte shooting protest had hidden help – a Russian troll farm, news site says" 8594: 8546: 8208: 7637:"The notorious Kremlin-linked 'troll farm' and the Russians trying to take it down" 7557: 7479: 7427: 7392:"Charlotte shooting protest had hidden help – a Russian troll farm, news site says" 7359: 6446: 6430: 6329: 6311: 4742: 3826: 3810: 3706: 3685: 3438: 3331: 3302:

Democrats rebuke Twitter for its "frankly inadequate" response to Russian meddling.

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protest is organized by the "Heart of Texas" Facebook group, controlled by the IRA.

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and Concord Catering were also indicted. It was alleged that IRA was controlled by

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In October 2018 the US Justice Department filed charges against Russian accountant

1935: 1912: 1829: 1774: 1568: 1441: 1385: 1358: 1149: 1125: 1109: 1080: 1049: 985: 941: 933: 913: 867: 695: 674: 413: 105: 9585:"The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012–2018" 8393: 8391: 8011:"Timeline: How Russian trolls allegedly tried to throw the 2016 election to Trump" 6237:"The IRA, Social Media and Political Polarization in the United States, 2012–2018" 5967:

Gathmann, Moritz; Neef, Christian; Schepp, Matthias; Stark, Holger (30 May 2014).

5848:[Moscow's cyber roaches, or who's calling for 'Maidan 3'] (in Ukrainian). 4906: 4000:"Facebook suspends 273 accounts and pages linked to Russian misinformation agency" 14041: 13117: 13072: 13062: 13052: 13047: 12916: 12806: 12779: 12758: 12726: 12613: 12593: 12497: 12482: 11927: 11886: 11723: 11697: 11667: 11608: 10903: 10690: 10454: 10290: 10102: 9821:В Сети действительно работает банда кремлевских троллей. Имена, адреса, документы 9377: 9336: 9073: 8978: 8760: 8603: 8432: 7792:[The Olginsky troll Agatha Burdonova betrayed Evgeny Prigozhin in time]. 7577: 7368: 7333:"These Americans Were Tricked Into Working For Russia. They Say They Had No Idea" 7241: 7033: 6768: 6740: 6626:"These Americans Were Tricked Into Working For Russia. They Say They Had No Idea" 6607:"Facebook Says Russian Accounts Bought $ 100,000 in Ads During the 2016 Election" 5196: 5174: 5167: 5137: 4602: 4581: 4540: 4513: 3777: 3731: 3727: 3573: 3540: 2969:: The IRA Twitter first account claims that voter fraud is being investigated in 2956: 2723: 2352: 2193: 2104: 1890: 1761:

In the beginning of April 2014 there began an organized online campaign to shift

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identified the team from Olgino as the real authors of a video attributed to the

1700: 1687: 1250: 1061: 527: 9186:"Facebook Identifies an Active Political Influence Campaign Using Fake Accounts" 9002:"Democrats rebuke Twitter for 'frankly inadequate' response to Russian meddling" 8127: 7715: 7326: 7324: 7322: 7320: 5730:[Fake shot: Who is behind the filming of the destruction of the Quran]. 3663:

In 2014, software systems for monitoring social media networks purchased by the

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in a pro-Russian light. It is promoted by Twitter accounts that also spread the

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Timeline of the Internet Research Agency interference in United States elections

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A Trump protest called "Trump is NOT my President" attracted 5,000 to 10,000 in

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Three months later, the same accounts posted false messages on Twitter about an

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The IRA's Facebook account "Stop AI" accuses Clinton of voter fraud during the

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Russian media point out that according to documents, published by hackers from

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People associated with Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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Leonnig, Carol D.; Hamburger, Tom; Helderman, Rosalind S. (6 September 2017).

7022: 7020: 7018: 7016: 6236: 6161:"В Україні запустили сервіс блокування антиукраїнської пропаганди TrolleyBust" 4830: 4701:[Internet trolls from Olgino start talking in English and Ukrainian]. 3086:: The IRA buys ads on Facebook for "Miners for Trump" rallies in Pennsylvania. 2359:

from the United States if Hillary Clinton is elected. The group contacted the

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Between July 2014 and September 2017, the IRA used bots and trolls on Twitter

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reveals that Russia and the IRA have been running "troll factories" based in

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police headquarters on 10 July 2016, in response to the 6 July fatal police

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blamed anti-racists for violence and promoted two videos shot at the event.

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Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare

6137: 5761: 5657:[Yaroslav Ignatovsky – "PolitGen"]. 28 January 2021. Archived from 5036: 5000: 4480: 4169: 4067: 3798: 3693: 3643: 3583: 3311: 3150: 3033: 2916: 2908: 2364: 2291: 2023: 1820: 1300: 1170: 1043: 970: 937: 681: 537: 522: 467: 437: 427: 8964: 8962: 6792:"Tumblr Confirms That Russian Trolls Spread Misinformation On Its Service" 5433: 5130: 4595: 3915: 3850:, which became synonymous with mass political protests following the 2004 3831:бывшие сотрудники «Медиалогии», фонда «Общественное мнение» и «Вымпелкома» 2454:

On 16 February 2018, 13 individuals were indicted by the Washington, D.C.

13953: 13559: 13526: 13392: 13127: 13107: 12663: 12648: 11758: 11692: 11560: 11018: 10498: 10483: 10327: 10042: 9993: 9963: 9803: 9717:"How Russia's Internet Research Agency Built its Disinformation Campaign" 9542:"Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options" 9482: 9456: 9212: 9177: 9151: 9094: 8813: 8811: 8684: 8561: 8530: 8485: 8316: 8224:"Russian Twitter Support for Trump Began Right After He Started Campaign" 7797: 7223: 7177: 7133: 6503:"Russia used hundreds of fake accounts to tweet about Brexit, data shows" 6105:"Hunting for paid Russian trolls in the Washington Post comments section" 5973: 5301: 4728:"How Russia's Internet Research Agency Built its Disinformation Campaign" 4656: 3613: 3588: 3404:. A new Facebook page created by the site is being monitored by Facebook. 3296: 3252: 3245: 3200: 2911:

on the first anniversary of her death. The rally is held in front of the

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rally called "March for Trump" and buys Facebook ads promoting the event.

2402: 2395: 2316: 2049: 1886: 1591: 1316: 1132: 716: 517: 497: 320: 9299:"Russian national charged with attempting to interfere in 2018 midterms" 8187:"Emails Link Kremlin Troll Farm to Bizarre New York Photography Exhibit" 6729: 6727: 6725: 6723: 6721: 6719: 6717: 5811:"Emails Link Kremlin Troll Farm to Bizarre New York Photography Exhibit" 5658: 5153:Где живут тролли. Как работают интернет-провокаторы и кто ими заправляет 4946: 4618: 3961: 3937: 3345: 2858:, police headquarters on 10 July in response to the 6 July fatal police 2700:: The IRA purchases its first pro-Trump ad through its "Tea Party News" 1395: 928:

on behalf of Russian business and political interests. It was linked to

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Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Trump Win

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who had been Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office under

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The Threat: How the FBI Protects America In the Age of Terror and Trump

532: 360: 10631: 9632:"How Russia's Troll Farm Is Changing Tactics Before the Fall Election" 9069:"Exclusive: Russian Propaganda Traced Back to Staten Island, New York" 8808: 8252:"Russia Was Helping Trump Just Days After He Entered the 2016 Primary" 5588:"A former Russian troll speaks: 'It was like being in Orwell's world'" 5424:""Кремлеботами работают неудачники". Грустные будни "фабрики троллей"" 3726:

was the Deputy Chairman of Government as the Deputy Prime Minister to

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of 11 September 2014, which claimed an explosion had taken place at a

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In 2014, according to Russian media, Internet Research Ltd. (Russian:

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Russian entities subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions

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Poulsen, Kevin; Collins, Ben; Ackerman, Spencer (12 September 2017).

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Yourish, Karen; Buchanan, Larry; Watkins, Derek (20 September 2018).

7790:"Ольгинский тролль Агата Бурдонова вовремя предала Евгения Пригожина" 7298:

Collins, Ben; Poulsen, Kevin; Ackerman, Spencer (27 September 2017).

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Poulsen, Kevin; Collins, Ben; Ackerman, Spencer (12 September 2017).

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Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)

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Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2017)

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from the United States if Clinton is elected. The group contacts the

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The Blacktivist Facebook group organized a rally in Chicago to honor

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newspaper reported that Internet Research Agency Ltd's office was in

422: 297: 8756:"Crowds rally at March for Truth in Washington and dozens of cities" 7573:"Crowds rally at March for Truth in Washington and dozens of cities" 7282: 6561:"Facebook Manipulation Echoes Accounts From Russian 'Troll Factory'" 5266:Тролли из Ольгино переехали в новый четырехэтажный офис на Савушкина 5238:Тролли из Ольгино переехали в новый четырехэтажный офис на Савушкина 4866: 4518:[The hunt for Russian internet trolls started in the U.S.]. 4240:

DOC'S BOOKS: A window into Doc Freiberger's library (docs-books.com)

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Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (January–June 2018)

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by the United States. The strike had been made in retaliation for a

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Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (January–June 2017)

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Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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The "Safe Space for Muslim Neighborhood" rally was held outside the

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in a way that would be useful for Russian authorities regarding the

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attempting to influence the 2016 United States presidential election

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Trolls for hire: Why are Russians being paid to wreak havoc online?

9363: 9245:"Nearly 600 Russian troll accounts tweeted about ObamaCare: report" 8662: 7484: 6968: 6966: 6964: 6397:"Cop shooting, Ebola scare in Atlanta invented by Russians: Report" 6198:

Horwitz, Sari; Barrett, Devlin; Timberg, Craig (16 February 2018).

6086:"Lithuanian 'elves' battle with pro-Russian trolls on social media" 5876: 5521: 4063:"Everything you wanted to know about trolls but were afraid to ask" 4035: 3433:, The US Justice Department charges 44-year-old Russian accountant 2493:

On 15 March, President Trump imposed financial sanctions under the

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bonuses and long working hours the salary can reach 80,000 rubles.

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Revealed on 16 August 2012 in an article by the Russian edition of

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Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

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Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections

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Fractenberg, Ben; Hobbs, Allegra; Fisher, Janon (15 August 2017).

8646: 5845:Московський слід колорадського Жука, або Хто і як готує "Майдан-3" 5069:"Effort to Expose Russia's 'Troll Army' Draws Vicious Retaliation" 4298:[Medialogia] (in Russian). 26 October 2023. Archived from 4050:Документы показали, как армия российских 'троллей' атакует Америку 3692:) was a project began in 2003 of the software development company 2740:

Facebook account, including attempted outreach to local activists.

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Research Agency would be shut down following the aftermath of the

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Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections

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Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump

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Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections

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Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President

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Media censorship and disinformation during the Gezi Park protests

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Ackerman, Spencer; Resnick, Gideon; Collins, Ben (1 March 2018).

6059: 6026:"Prorussische Propaganda aus der Schweiz: Twittern für den Kreml" 4400:[How authorities read your blogs: Forbes investigation]. 3515: 3282: 3263:: The Internet Research Agency's first Twitter account is closed. 3160: 2564: 2380: 2207: 2010: 1669: 1129: 1088: 1001: 576:

Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election

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Entous, Adam; Nakashima, Ellen; Jaffe, Greg (26 December 2017).

8428:"Did Russian hackers organize Castile protest? Activists say no" 8115:

United States of America vs. Internet Research Agency LLC, et al

7088:"Did Russian hackers organize Castile protest? Activists say no" 7053: 7051: 6961: 6412: 6410: 5939:"Raport o stanie bezpieczeństwa cyberprzestrzeni RP w roku 2014" 5874:[Hired Russians cyber-bombarding the Polish internet?]. 5757:"Video of 'US soldier shooting Qur'an' is a fake made in Russia" 4698:Интернет-тролли из Ольгино заговорили на английском и украинском 4273: 3916:""Наша норма – 120 комментов в день". Жизнь кремлевского тролля" 1904:

on 11 September 2014, was the work of Internet Research Agency.

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in the late 1970s, Vladimir Putin's first KGB post was with the

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The agency was first mentioned in 2016, when Russian journalist

11150: 9837: 9617:"That Uplifting Tweet You Just Shared? A Russian Troll Sent It" 8191: 8004: 8002: 8000: 7998: 7996: 7994: 7992: 7990: 7988: 7986: 7984: 7982: 7980: 7978: 7976: 7974: 7972: 7970: 7968: 7966: 7964: 7962: 7960: 7958: 7956: 7954: 7952: 7950: 7453:"Texit Rallies Kick Off Across the State Without Local Support" 6476:"Russian trolls 'spreading discord' over vaccine safety online" 5815: 4402: 3401: 2834: 2368: 2284: 2185: 2113: 2109: 1825: 1377: 1370: 1155:

The terms "Trolls from Olgino" and "Olgino's trolls" (Russian:

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The Internet Research Agency was founded in mid-2013. In 2013,

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outbreak in Atlanta. Many of the Twitter accounts used in the

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affiliated with one another and likely operated out of Russia.

10944: 7234: 7048: 6416: 6407: 6255:"Report: Russia still using social media to roil US politics" 5727:Фейковый расстрел: кто стоит за роликом об уничтожении Корана 5632: 4951:['Trolls from Olgino' have become 'savushkinskimi']. 4831:"Why are Russian trolls spreading online hoaxes in the U.S.?" 4515:В США начали охоту на проплаченных интернет-троллей из России 4118:"Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group shuts after mutiny" 3519: 3476: 3227: 3080:. The IRA pays for expenses such as microphones and speakers. 2604: 2442:

Mueller special counsel investigation § Criminal charges

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Based on the documents published by Anonymous International,

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Controversies of the 2016 United States presidential election

9598: 8599:"Russians' Biggest Facebook Ad Promoted 'Blue Lives Matter'" 7364:"Russians' Biggest Facebook Ad Promoted 'Blue Lives Matter'" 6764:"Russians Used Reddit and Tumblr to Troll the 2016 Election" 6289: 4843:(PBS is a publicly funded American broadcaster). 8 June 2015 3467:

Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019–2020)

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In the beginning of 2016, Ukraine's state-owned news agency

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Tim Lister; Jim Sciutto; Mary Ilyushina (17 October 2017).

5217:. (They are Putin's online soldiers) DN.se. 5 February 2015 3938:"Commanding the Trend: Social Media as Information Warfare" 3890:"Facebook May Have More Russian Troll Farms to Worry About" 3847: 3449:

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

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The IRA buys ads for a 11 September rally in New York City.

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volunteer to provide signs for the "March for Trump" rally.

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art exhibition is displayed at the Art Beam gallery in the

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Why are Russian trolls spreading online hoaxes in the U.S.?

9601:"The Tactics & Tropes of the Internet Research Agency" 8820:"Shadowy Facebook account led to real-life Trump protests" 7145:"How Russia Secretly Orchestrated Dozens of U.S. Protests" 6185: 5343:Панкратова, Ирина (Pankratova, Irina) (29 December 2017). 4477:"Forbes рассказал о системе анализа блогов для чиновников" 3696:

but, later, was an independent business separate from IBS.

2955:: The IRA Twitter second account hires an actress to play 2827:: The IRA's translator project grows to over 80 employees. 2132:

Rallies and protests organized by IRA in the United States

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United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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As reported by media and former employees, the office in

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