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Russian trolls target U.S. support for Ukraine, Kremlin documents show
Washington Post ^ | 4-8-2024 6:30 a.m. EDT | Catherine Belton, Joseph Menn

Posted on 04/08/2024 1:32:41 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com

When President Biden proposed an additional $24 billion in supplemental funding for Ukraine in August, Moscow spin doctors working for the Kremlin were ready to try to undermine public support for the bill, internal Kremlin documents show.

In an ongoing campaign that seeks to influence congressional and other political debates to stoke anti-Ukraine sentiment, Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written thousands of fabricated news articles, social media posts and comments that promote American isolationism, stir fear over the United States’ border security and attempt to amplify U.S. economic and racial tensions, according to a trove of internal Kremlin documents obtained by a European intelligence service and reviewed by The Washington Post.

One of the political strategists, for instance, instructed a troll farm employee working for his firm to write a comment of “no more than 200 characters in the name of a resident of a suburb of a major city.” The strategist suggested that this fictitious American “doesn’t support the military aid that the U.S. is giving Ukraine and considers that the money should be spent defending America’s borders and not Ukraine’s. He sees that Biden’s policies are leading the U.S. toward collapse.”

The documents — numbering more than 100 and dating between May 2022 and August 2023 — were provided to The Post to expose Kremlin propaganda operations aimed at undermining support for Ukraine in the United States, as well as their scale and methods. The files are part of a series of leaks that have allowed a rare glimpse into Moscow’s parallel efforts to weaken support for Ukraine in France and Germany, as well as destabilize Ukraine itself. -excerpt

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To: Darksheare
"How much you wanna bet that Dat is yet another foreign poster upset that uncle stupid USA won’t fund their pet cause that they use to replace a personality with."

It wouldn't surprise me. These foreign trolls are as bad as the Russian trolls they claim to hate.

161 posted on 04/09/2024 2:36:21 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Spoiler alert: another canuck detected.


162 posted on 04/09/2024 2:37:42 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Dat; canuck_conservative; mass55th; All

>>>>>Dat says: I am sick of their tactics. I am sick of their lies. There is no tactic that is beneath them. There is nothing perverted or underhanded enough that they won’t use it. No matter what you say, they are determined to deflect through the most dishonest way possible. There is no religious system in the world that wouldn’t recognize them as belonging to the depths of hell.

canuck_conservative says: Thank you for saying that. Yes, the Putin apologists are disgusting - both in their tactics and their world-view... yet they are allowed to bully everyone, without any consequence. And the people running FR wonder why their donations are down.<<<<<

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

If you 2 Canadians find some of the opinions of the AMERICAN CITIZENS posting on this AMERICAN site sickening, perverted, underhanded and aggressive, LEAVE!

You say we “belong in the depths of hell”. If you’re a Christian, you should be ashamed of yourself. Just because we have strong opinions that differ from yours, you damn our souls? That’s not a principle of the Christian Faith. Only Jesus Christ can damn our souls.

Here’s a secret for you hosers: We don’t give a crap what Canadians think.

Au revoir.


163 posted on 04/09/2024 2:39:22 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: MotorCityBuck

>>>>Well. IT will always have “The Victims” stance.

So It has that going for it. LOL!<<<<

A combination of Victim + Karen.


164 posted on 04/09/2024 2:45:10 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: Darksheare
"Spoiler alert: another canuck detected."

LOL!! I'm very familiar with Canucks, as some of my older ancestors left England, and settled there. Some were also Tories who left NY State after the Revolutionary War and settled in Ontario. One of my Canadian cousins was Tim Horton. A great-uncle died in France in WWI, two months before the Armistice, fighting with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. But at least my mother's line was smart enough to come here in the 1920's when they had the chance. They escaped what a craphole that country has turned out to be. I'll always be grateful, and proud that I was born in America.

165 posted on 04/09/2024 2:47:01 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

I like how they feel like they can preach at us in outrage over Ukraine.
Like Ukraine is our problem.
And nothing stopping them from directly volunteering or donating themselves.
So what are they actually angry over?


166 posted on 04/09/2024 2:51:08 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Darksheare
"So what are they actually angry over?"

They're angry because we won't follow them lock-step in their stupidity. We're supposed to be good little puppies, panting and drooling for that next treat.

167 posted on 04/09/2024 2:59:13 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: bimboeruption

It’s good that Putin has allies like you who respect his authority.

I certainly don’t.

Glad we cleared that up.


168 posted on 04/09/2024 3:01:30 PM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: mass55th

It’s just weird.


169 posted on 04/09/2024 3:03:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: lonestar67

Putin certainly wouldn’t have to murder all his credible political opponents if he was as authoritative as his strongman fetishizer fan club fantasize he is.


170 posted on 04/09/2024 3:09:05 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: lonestar67

>>>>It’s good that Putin has allies like you who respect his authority.

I certainly don’t.

Glad we cleared that up.<<<<

Ally: one that is associated with another as a helper: a person or group that provides assistance and support in an ongoing effort, activity, or struggle

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ally

Sorry, I don’t fit the definition.

Prove otherwise.


171 posted on 04/09/2024 3:10:29 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: lonestar67
"It’s good that Putin has allies like you who respect his authority."

Show me my quotes where I've said I side with Putin? Don't hurt yourself looking.

You cleared nothing up, except you have proven that you make wild claims without providing any examples to prove those claims. Try again skippy.

172 posted on 04/09/2024 3:10:41 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: bimboeruption

It’s not that complicated. Russian chauvinists like Putin believe Ukraine, Georgia and the rest of Russia’s neighbors are really part of Russia. They’re more than happy to genocidally erase entire countries, again, if necessary to achieve their empire and fantasies. Nazism has returned to Europe and this time it comes from Russia.


173 posted on 04/09/2024 3:13:18 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: lodi90

....ever heard of Azov?


174 posted on 04/09/2024 3:14:27 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: lodi90; Rocco DiPippo

>>>>>>Nazism has returned to Europe and this time it comes from Russia.<<<<<<

Please take a look at Rocco’s posts 121 and 122.


175 posted on 04/09/2024 3:38:21 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: Dat; Darksheare; bimboeruption; MotorCityBuck; aMorePerfectUnion
What about those who make up obvious lies and gaslight?

We call those people “zeepers.”

176 posted on 04/09/2024 4:21:49 PM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated.)
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To: Allegra; Dat; Darksheare; MotorCityBuck; aMorePerfectUnion

>>>>”What about those who make up obvious lies and gaslight?”

We call those people “zeepers.”<<<<

The UniParty would be included as well.


177 posted on 04/09/2024 4:37:08 PM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)
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To: bimboeruption; Allegra; Dat; Berlin_Freeper; MotorCityBuck; aMorePerfectUnion

What’s hilarious is that obviously Dat hasn’t been on the zeeper threads long enough for them to witness Berlin Freeper accusing everyone of being secret russians.


178 posted on 04/09/2024 4:38:53 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: canuck_conservative

—->> yet they are allowed to bully everyone, without any consequence.

“I’m a victim!!!!! [sob!]”

- Zeeper dude


179 posted on 04/09/2024 4:39:40 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Dat

bkmk


180 posted on 04/09/2024 4:52:12 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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