“Schemes” revealed a propaganda bomb for Ukraine and a landmine for Europe. How does the Kremlin's disinformation contractor agency work?
Articles | 17 September, 2024 at 18:05 | 534 | Author: Olena Zelenina based on the materials of “Schemes” (Radio Svoboda)
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The German media Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR, and the Estonian online media Delfi have received leaked internal documents of the Social Design Agency, or SDA, an organization sanctioned by the EU and the US that, according to US law enforcement, works on behalf of the Russian presidential administration.
“Schemes (Radio Svoboda), in cooperation with a dozen European editorial offices, has studied thousands of leaked files.
As part of the Fake News Factory project, journalists found that ASD, run by Russian political strategist Ilya Gambashidze, uses disinformation to discredit Ukraine, its top leadership and citizens, as well as the leaders of Western countries that support it.
At the same time, the agency promotes the interests of Russia and those European politicians who defend them.
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