In the few days between the sniper massacre…and the Russian invasion of Ukraine…, shocking but fictitious reports appeared about Ukrainian atrocities in Crimea… A group of internet trolls in St. Petersburg, known as the Internet Research Agency, was at work to confuse Ukrainian and international opinion. This was by now a signature of Russian foreign policy: the cyber campaign that would accompany a real war.
—Timothy Snyder, The Road To Unfreedom
#russia #ukraine
janhoglund /
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2025-03-09 01:30:46
in reply to nevent1q…tarl
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