Russian disinfo network 'Matryoshka' is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues
The Russian disinformation network ‘Matryoshka’ has launched a campaign on the growing Bluesky social platform, using AI-generated videos featuring fake narratives from purported professors and experts to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda.
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The Russian disinformation network Matryoshka has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the first researchers to detect its activity. So far, four Russian-made fake videos have been identified on the platform.
Each disinformation video begins with a real person — a professor, a student from a top university, or a recognized expert — introducing themselves and beginning to speak on a topic unrelated to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The footage then transitions to segments that do not show the speaker on screen — while what sounds like their voice continues narrating. In these moments, the speaker seems to promote claims that the West should end its support for Ukraine, that Europe should align its future with Russia, and that Volodymyr Zelensky is a dictator — or even a vampire.
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