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OSINT is indeed very useful. Here's how I used it to prove that Viory is not the independent organisation it claims to be.
Latest Russian Matryoshka disinfo attack targeting Yerevan says Pashinyan had “meltdown” as France refused to import Armenian strawberries
The latest campaign spotlighted by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social was launched days before the June 7 parliamentary elections.
Timeline of Kremlin narratives on Armenia:
Mar 6–today | Matryoshka 🪆 bot network: "Pashinyan will start war with RU after elections"
May 9 | Putin: "Armenia will face Ukraine's fate if it joins EU"
Jun 4 | 🪆: "Armenian TV boasts of drones that can reach Moscow. AM will start war soon"
For those fact checkers / media who choose to cover this campaign of Storm-1516, we have an important development to share.
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Despite record-high foreign influence efforts, the Kremlin failed to achieve any tangible impact on the Armenian elections.
Our congratulations to Nikol Pashinyan and his party.
Details on these efforts in the quoted thread: bsky.app/profile/anti...
NEW: @elisethomas.bsky.social reveals multiple links between Viory, a video news agency supplying national press agencies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and Ruptly news agency - a branch of sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
Previously: t.me/agentstvonew...
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов
Bellingcat found mulitple links between the digital infrastructure of Viory and Ruptly news agency, a branch of Russia Today.
“Zelensky fears coup,” “Russia hasn’t even started yet”: Kremlin bots launch wave of disinfo after the Ukrainian president’s letter to Putin
The new campaign relies on content posing as @wsj.com, @bellingcat.com, @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and others, according to @antibot4navalny.bsky.social.
The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a new disinformation campaign against Armenia ahead of the upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections and…
Кремлеботы начали публиковать ролики о возможной войне Еревана с Москвой за два месяца до слов Путина об украинском пути Армении
Связанная с российскими властями сеть дезинформации «Матрешка» как мин...
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🧵 How important is the upcoming election in Armenia for the Russian state?
Comparing efforts from the Kremlin-aligned Matryoshka bot network across elections in 6 countries over 1.5 years, Armenia is now a leader in 3 metrics (out of 4):
🔭 effort
🔭 duration
🔭 throughput
antibot4navalny | bot blocker | блокировщик ботов
The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a new disinformation campaign targeting Volodymyr Zelensky, triggered by the Ukrainian president's open…
