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Russian propaganda network Pravda tricks 33% of AI responses in 49 countries | Just in 2024, the Kremlin’s propaganda network flooded the web with 3.6 million fake articles to trick the top 10 AI models, a report reveals.


The Kremlin's propaganda network flooded the web with 3.6 million fake articles in 2024 to deceive the top 10 AI models, a report reveals.

Russia has launched a unique disinformation network, Pravda ( Truth in Russian), to manipulate top AI chatbots into spreading Kremlin propaganda, research organization NewsGuard states in its March 2025 report. In fact, it functions as the Kremlin’s propaganda laundering machine, spreading content from Russian state media, pro-Kremlin influencers, government institutions, and officials through a large number of seemingly independent sources. During the investigation, NewsGuard revealed that Pravda had spread a total of 207 false claims, ranging from “news” about American biolabs in Ukraine to allegations that Volodymyr Zelenskyy misused US military aid for personal wealth.

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