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Storm-1679

Incidents involved as Deployer

Incident 92916 Rapports
Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

2024-12-06

Leading up to Germany’s February 23, 2025, federal election, the alleged Russian Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka (Operation Overload) disinformation campaigns have reportedly been deploying AI-generated deepfake videos and fake news sites to spread false claims about German politicians and public figures. AI-powered bots have allegedly been amplifying the content across social media. Researchers suggest the campaign sought to erode trust in Germany’s democratic process. Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV) described the scale as unprecedented.

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Incident 9093 Rapports
Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

2024-12-13

The Matryoshka disinformation campaign allegedly used AI to impersonate academics, reportedly spreading claims supporting Russia and urging Ukraine's surrender. These videos are said to have misrepresented scholars’ views in order to amplify pro-Russian propaganda. The campaign reportedly exploited global social media platforms to allegedly mislead viewers and undermine trust in credible academic voices while fueling misinformation about the Ukraine conflict.

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Incident 10603 Rapports
Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

2025-05-06

Researchers at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) report that Operation Overload (also known as Matryoshka or Storm-1679) is a Russian-aligned campaign leveraging purported AI-generated voiceovers and visual impersonations to spread false or inflammatory content across platforms. The campaign reportedly involved at least 135 discrete posts analyzed by ISD in early 2025 targeting institutions and individuals, including one purported viral video claiming USAID funded celebrity trips to Ukraine (see Incident 1061).

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Incident 10612 Rapports
Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

2025-02-07

A video that reportedly went viral on X in early February 2025 claimed USAID paid celebrities to visit Ukraine. The clip mimicked E! News branding and included a narrator with a British accent. Individuals and organizations named denied any involvement. Researchers attributed the video to Matryoshka (AKA Operation Overload and Storm-1679), an influence campaign suspected of using AI-generated narration and editing, though tool use has not been independently confirmed.

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Entity

Russian entities linked to GRU

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Reliable Russian News

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Operation Overload

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Matryoshka

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Ronald Hutton

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Academics targeted by Storm-1679

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Academics targeted by Operation Overload

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Academics targeted by Matryoshka

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

X (Twitter)

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Unknown deepfake apps

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Bluesky

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 909
    3 Report

    Matryoshka Campaign Allegedly Uses Deepfakes to Impersonate Academics for Pro-Russian Propaganda

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Entity

Storm-1516

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Russian government

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

John Mark Dougan

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Doppelganger

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Unknown entities related to Doppelgänger

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Unnamed British police officer

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Unnamed American university presidents

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Robert Habeck

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Olaf Scholz

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Natalie Finch

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

German voters

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

German politicians

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

German federal election integrity

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

General public of Germany

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Friedrich Merz

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Electoral integrity

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Democracy

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Telegram

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Facebook

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 929
    16 Report

    Sustained AI-Driven Russian Disinformation Campaigns Doppelgänger, Storm-1516, and Matryoshka Reportedly Disrupting German Federal Elections

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Entity

Russian-aligned actors

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Various generative AI developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developers

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Western support for Ukraine

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Voters in Germany

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

USAID

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Ukrainian refugees

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Truth

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

News organizations

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Law enforcement agencies

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Journalists

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

General public

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Fact-checkers

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

European politicians

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Academics

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Unknown deepfake technology

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Social media platforms

Incidents implicated systems
  • Incident 1060
    3 Report

    Institute for Strategic Dialogue Reports Russian-Aligned Operation Overload Using Purported AI-Generated Impersonations Across January to March 2025

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Entity

Russian-linked disinformation network

Incidents involved as Deployer
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Unknown voice cloning technology developer

Incidents involved as Developer
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

The New York Times

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Sean Penn

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Politico

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Orlando Bloom

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

New York University

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

E! News

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Ben Stiller

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

BBC

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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Entity

Angelina Jolie

Affecté par des incidents
  • Incident 1061
    2 Report

    Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

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