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Beware the ‘experts’ engaged by Russia to influence US public opinion

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Disinformation campaigns are employed to fracture Western unity, as Russia loses its military, diplomatic and economic advantage over the West.

Ukrainian servicemen at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region. Microsoft warned in April that Russia’s online campaigns had kicked into high gear, with a focus on discrediting Ukraine and amplifying voices in other countries that oppose aid for Kyiv.

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