Journalist who infiltrated Putin’s troll factory warns of Russian propaganda in the upcoming Swedish election - ‘We were forced to create fake facts and news’ - Business Insider Nordic
Journalist who infiltrated Putin’s troll factory warns of Russian propaganda in the upcoming Swedish election - ‘We were forced to create fake facts and news’ - Business Insider Nordic: The freelance journalist Lyudmila Savchuk worked for two months in the troll factory Internet Research Agency – as part of a secret investigation.
"We were forced to create fake facts and news. Our task was to spread Putin's message and stoke hatred towards Americans, Europeans, and Ukrainians," she says in an interview with BI Nordic.
Now Savchuk warns of Russian disinformation in the September’s election in Sweden.
"I can see that Putin's propaganda is having an effect on people in Sweden."
The big, grey building north of St Petersburg does not look like much to the naked eye. But behind its nondescript facade hides one of Vladimir Putin’s infamous troll factories.
For two months, this was the workplace of Lyudmila Savchuk – mother-of-two, environment activist, and freelance journalist.
But Savchuk wasn’t one of the trolls – far from it. Instead, her work at Internet Research Agency was part of an undercover investigation for the newspaper My District.
"We were forced to create fake facts and news. Our task was to spread Putin's message and stoke hatred towards Americans, Europeans, and Ukrainians," she says in an interview with BI Nordic.
Now Savchuk warns of Russian disinformation in the September’s election in Sweden.
"I can see that Putin's propaganda is having an effect on people in Sweden."
The big, grey building north of St Petersburg does not look like much to the naked eye. But behind its nondescript facade hides one of Vladimir Putin’s infamous troll factories.
For two months, this was the workplace of Lyudmila Savchuk – mother-of-two, environment activist, and freelance journalist.
But Savchuk wasn’t one of the trolls – far from it. Instead, her work at Internet Research Agency was part of an undercover investigation for the newspaper My District.