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Russia-linked group spoofing European journalists to spread disinformation

A Kremlin-linked group has been publishing fake articles on spoofed news websites to spread disinformation in France, Armenia, Germany, Moldova and Norway, researchers have found.

A Kremlin-linked disinformation group has been impersonating real journalists and publishing fake articles on spoofed news websites to spread false narratives in France, Armenia, Germany, Moldova and Norway, researchers have found. In its latest campaign, uncovered by disinformation researchers at the fact-checking initiative Gnida Project, Storm-1516 used the names and photos of legitimate reporters on bylines to lend credibility to false claims published on the fake news sites. In one case, a fake outlet called Courrier France 24 published a story alleging that the French nuclear company Orano was shipping radioactive waste to Armenia and donating to a fund linked to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

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