2023-06-13 16:40:53
Investigation into a vast Russian disinformation campaign denounced by France
The agents who created and distributed a false page of French diplomacy – announcing the establishment of a tax to finance military support for Ukraine – are also at the origin of numerous imitations of media articles, perfectly matching the layouts of the Mondeof Parisian and of 20 Minutes, and most major German media. Similar fakes have also been circulated in Italy, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.
Each time, the modus operandi is the same: a dummy article that takes a position for Russia, criticizing for example the visit of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces to Ukraine, announcing that the sanctions against Russia are ruining the German economy, or that the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leading his country to disaster.
Tuesday, the Quai d’Orsay a implicated Russia in this vast disinformation operation. “The investigations carried out by Viginum [organisme de lutte contre les opérations d’influence] brought to light numerous elements revealing the involvement of Russian or Russian-speaking individuals and several Russian companies in the creation and conduct of the campaign. Viginum also observed that several Russian state or state-affiliated entities participated in the dissemination of certain content produced as part of the campaign”writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
“It’s a well-designed operation, carried out by people who thought long and hard about what they were doing”, we observe at the General Secretariat for Defense and National Security (SGDSN), which notably includes Viginum. In addition to ” push “ classic Kremlin language elements, campaigns “seem to have as a secondary objective to make it appear that there is popular support for Russia within the European Union”notes the SGDSN. “He’s a very persistent player – the people who are funding him these operations seem to think it’s worth it. »
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