Head of Wagner said he is behind a troll factory

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 14 Feb 2023 by Alex Teddy
On February 14 Yevgeny Prigozhin said that he is behind the Internet Research Agency (IRA) in an interview with a German magazine. He said that the IRA was defensive because of anti-Russian propaganda. He had often denied that he is behind the Internet Research Agency (IRA). The IRA is based in St Petersburg and has run troll farms to disseminate Russian propaganda since 2016, at least.  Prigozhin took legal action in the UK against journalists who said he was connected to the IRA. In September 2022 Prigozhin said he was the head of Wagner Group after he had denied it for 8 years.

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