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Are there any links with examples of their propaganda? I would like to be able to spot it on my forums.

Probably you don’t speak the languages propaganda is written for. I clearly remember an accident of USA troops in Lithuania. Hummer went off road, nothing serious. The same accident was described in propaganda sources as USA troops killing children with fake photos of Hummer, child corpses and bicycle: https://www.businessinsider.com/r-lithuania-sees-fake-news-a...

They did the same thing during the early stages of the Iraq War 2, running daily reports of fictitious American casualties and war crimes. Also, they were behind 'newsy' reports of the US Army looting the Iraqi National Museum.

https://www.rt.com is one source to monitor. Not 100% propaganda, but also not 0%.

That one makes sense. IIRC rt is a Russian owned company, I think.

EUvsDisinfo has examples of other Russian disinformation campaigns. https://euvsdisinfo.eu/

They have some examples: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlin-and-disinformation-about-...

And there's this example of Russian disinformation about coronavirus: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/the-information-boomerang-returns/

Ye. Alot talk about this propaganda but few examples. I have heard alot of "fake news" from freinds like "hand spirits are only for bacteria" etc without any Kremlin involvement.

I guess there are alot of genuine trolls in Russia and elsewhere spreading roumors. I wonder what proof of government involvement they have. The trolls are probably better at it anyway.

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