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Moldova’s fugitive oligarchs keep spending money on social media platforms despite sanctions
Even with US sanctions in place, fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor and his affiliates continue to spread Russian disinformation in Moldova using the social media platform Facebook.
In a year that will see a referendum on joining the EU and a presidential election in Moldova, Russia’s hybrid warfare campaign through Shor and other proxies is gaining steam and also fueling Facebook’s profits. The report noted that the Moldovan government has no direct mechanisms to stop the spread of Russian and oligarch-financed disinformation but can only request the companies remove ads and fake accounts post facto. Shortly thereafter, it added that Shor and many of his political allies, including the sitting Bahkan (governor) of Gagauzia, Evghenia Guțul, to their list of “dangerous organisations and individuals”.
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