The St. Petersburg troll factory “Kyber front Z” is recruiting Russians to send messages to Western media somek channels.
4.5. 16:48 • Updated 4.5. 18:23
The Russian trolley factory now also paints Finnish objects. The update made by Trollitehdas to the Telegram website publishes sometiles from the editors-in-chief of the Finnish media, and urges that messages be forwarded to them.
The troll factory quotes a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Marija Zaharovawho claims that interviews with Russian representatives would be banned in the Western media.
This is not the case.
Relying on the argument, editors – in – chief are asked to ask, “for how long [tiedotusvälineet] intend to hide the truth about the crimes committed by the Kiev government “.
Four media outlets in Finland
A total of four Finnish media outlets have been mentioned. In addition to , the destinations include the newspapers Keskisuomalainen and Etelä-Saimaa, as well as the Selkokeskus, which provides information in easy Finnish.
Trollitehdas Links to ‘s Chairman of the Supervisory Board Arto Satosen and the CEO Merja Ylä-Anttilan sometilien addresses.
It is known that the Finnish media will now be painted by Russia for the first time. Finland is second on the list after the United States. Some accounts of the editors-in-chief of major magazines and TV channels are also highlighted in the American media.
The other countries on the list are Germany, Poland, Italy and France.
Citizens are recruited for trolling
Since the start of the attack, Russia has begun an even more aggressive troll with the “Kyber front Z” sign, which refers to the war. Social media influencers targeting Western countries – so-called troll factories – have been in operation in Russia for years.
According to the British Guardian (going to another service) the St. Petersburg trolley factory has sought to fill the somethings of Western leaders with its messages. The activity is suspected to be underlying Yevgeny Prigozhinfounded by the Internet Research Agency, was indicted for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.
Since the start of the Russian invasion, ordinary Russian Internet users have also begun to be recruited for trolling operations – such as painting.
The goal is to block somethings
The painting aims to fill the sometilitas of the objects. Acknowledgments about the completion of the given painting tasks have been seen on the pages of the Russian troll factories.
After Russia has blocked access to most western Finnish platforms, disruptors will also have to use a laborious VPN connection. Russia is forced to use the same remedy by those who seek access to the media out of reach of the Kremlin.
Corrected Wednesday, 4.5. at 6.25 pm an allegation that Marija Zaharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, had issued a call to paint Finns. He is quoted in the trolley factory upgrade, but the call for painting comes from the trolley factory, not Zakharova.
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