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Could be any kind of DM-operated scam.
December 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Could be any kind of DM-operated scam.
Please send us some links to their profiles if you encounter them again.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Please send us some links to their profiles if you encounter them again.
Can you give us some examples?
December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Can you give us some examples?
7/7
Not only the usual-suspect influence operations are targeting the Armenian elections: Matryoshka (OpOverload), Doppelgänger, Storm-1516.
This is a first custom-built Armenia-targeting campaign that we encountered.
Judging by Moldovan and Bundestag elections, many others will follow.
Not only the usual-suspect influence operations are targeting the Armenian elections: Matryoshka (OpOverload), Doppelgänger, Storm-1516.
This is a first custom-built Armenia-targeting campaign that we encountered.
Judging by Moldovan and Bundestag elections, many others will follow.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
7/7
Not only the usual-suspect influence operations are targeting the Armenian elections: Matryoshka (OpOverload), Doppelgänger, Storm-1516.
This is a first custom-built Armenia-targeting campaign that we encountered.
Judging by Moldovan and Bundestag elections, many others will follow.
Not only the usual-suspect influence operations are targeting the Armenian elections: Matryoshka (OpOverload), Doppelgänger, Storm-1516.
This is a first custom-built Armenia-targeting campaign that we encountered.
Judging by Moldovan and Bundestag elections, many others will follow.
6/7
The original story by Arshaluys Barseghyan published on her last day at @News.DW.com, taken into small pieces by bots:
www.dw.com/en/russias-d...
The original story by Arshaluys Barseghyan published on her last day at @News.DW.com, taken into small pieces by bots:
www.dw.com/en/russias-d...
Russia's disinformation campaign in Armenia gains momentum – DW – 11/30/2025
Russia is ramping up a disinformation campaign aimed at undermining Armenia's West-leaning government ahead of a parliamentary election in June 2026.
www.dw.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
6/7
The original story by Arshaluys Barseghyan published on her last day at @News.DW.com, taken into small pieces by bots:
www.dw.com/en/russias-d...
The original story by Arshaluys Barseghyan published on her last day at @News.DW.com, taken into small pieces by bots:
www.dw.com/en/russias-d...
5/7
The frequently-large Retweet, Like and View counts suggest inflated metrics—as 🟨 demonstrated by several engagement-for-hire bots that are also boosting metrics for 🟥 Matryoshka bots.
Which implies an actor with some money to burn rather than a grassroot activist.
The frequently-large Retweet, Like and View counts suggest inflated metrics—as 🟨 demonstrated by several engagement-for-hire bots that are also boosting metrics for 🟥 Matryoshka bots.
Which implies an actor with some money to burn rather than a grassroot activist.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
5/7
The frequently-large Retweet, Like and View counts suggest inflated metrics—as 🟨 demonstrated by several engagement-for-hire bots that are also boosting metrics for 🟥 Matryoshka bots.
Which implies an actor with some money to burn rather than a grassroot activist.
The frequently-large Retweet, Like and View counts suggest inflated metrics—as 🟨 demonstrated by several engagement-for-hire bots that are also boosting metrics for 🟥 Matryoshka bots.
Which implies an actor with some money to burn rather than a grassroot activist.
4/7
Before those crypo-themed bots get suspended, you can witness all the replies in the wild under the tweet below.
As always, we also saved & archived all the evidence for this episode, just in case someone chooses to study it deeper.
x.com/NikolPashiny...
Before those crypo-themed bots get suspended, you can witness all the replies in the wild under the tweet below.
As always, we also saved & archived all the evidence for this episode, just in case someone chooses to study it deeper.
x.com/NikolPashiny...
Nikol Pashinyan on X: "During official visit to Berlin met with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Discussed strengthening 🇦🇲-🇩🇪 relations, expanding partnership w/🇪🇺 through our shared commitment to democracy & rule of law. Also exchanged views on advancing the peace agenda in our region. https://t.co/P9vusBOIwS" / X
During official visit to Berlin met with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Discussed strengthening 🇦🇲-🇩🇪 relations, expanding partnership w/🇪🇺 through our shared commitment to democracy & rule of law. Also exchanged views on advancing the peace agenda in our region. https://t.co/P9vusBOIwS
x.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
4/7
Before those crypo-themed bots get suspended, you can witness all the replies in the wild under the tweet below.
As always, we also saved & archived all the evidence for this episode, just in case someone chooses to study it deeper.
x.com/NikolPashiny...
Before those crypo-themed bots get suspended, you can witness all the replies in the wild under the tweet below.
As always, we also saved & archived all the evidence for this episode, just in case someone chooses to study it deeper.
x.com/NikolPashiny...
3/7
Assuming one of the tweets has been lost somewhere in the pipeline, here are 46 of those 47 short tweets:
(originally posted in Armenian / machine-translated to English by me)
Assuming one of the tweets has been lost somewhere in the pipeline, here are 46 of those 47 short tweets:
(originally posted in Armenian / machine-translated to English by me)
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
3/7
Assuming one of the tweets has been lost somewhere in the pipeline, here are 46 of those 47 short tweets:
(originally posted in Armenian / machine-translated to English by me)
Assuming one of the tweets has been lost somewhere in the pipeline, here are 46 of those 47 short tweets:
(originally posted in Armenian / machine-translated to English by me)
2/7
As often happens with sloppy disinfo operators, a LLM prompt leaked out in one of the tweets, exposing both AI usage and Russian-language preference of the operator.
(original tweet in Russian / machine-translated to English by me)
As often happens with sloppy disinfo operators, a LLM prompt leaked out in one of the tweets, exposing both AI usage and Russian-language preference of the operator.
(original tweet in Russian / machine-translated to English by me)
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
2/7
As often happens with sloppy disinfo operators, a LLM prompt leaked out in one of the tweets, exposing both AI usage and Russian-language preference of the operator.
(original tweet in Russian / machine-translated to English by me)
As often happens with sloppy disinfo operators, a LLM prompt leaked out in one of the tweets, exposing both AI usage and Russian-language preference of the operator.
(original tweet in Russian / machine-translated to English by me)
5/5
As for underlying agenda, the fake video is a part of multi-month effort to target Pashinyan in anticipation of June-2026 elections in Armenia.
The DSA fine served as yet another pretext for attributing an intended fake narrative to a reputable org, in this case VIGINUM.
As for underlying agenda, the fake video is a part of multi-month effort to target Pashinyan in anticipation of June-2026 elections in Armenia.
The DSA fine served as yet another pretext for attributing an intended fake narrative to a reputable org, in this case VIGINUM.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
5/5
As for underlying agenda, the fake video is a part of multi-month effort to target Pashinyan in anticipation of June-2026 elections in Armenia.
The DSA fine served as yet another pretext for attributing an intended fake narrative to a reputable org, in this case VIGINUM.
As for underlying agenda, the fake video is a part of multi-month effort to target Pashinyan in anticipation of June-2026 elections in Armenia.
The DSA fine served as yet another pretext for attributing an intended fake narrative to a reputable org, in this case VIGINUM.
4/5
Meanwhile, X/Twitter is effectively banned in Russia for over 4.5 years now, for non-compliance to Kremlin's censorship demands—which adds a new dimension to the hypocrisy of this fake video.
Meanwhile, X/Twitter is effectively banned in Russia for over 4.5 years now, for non-compliance to Kremlin's censorship demands—which adds a new dimension to the hypocrisy of this fake video.
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
4/5
Meanwhile, X/Twitter is effectively banned in Russia for over 4.5 years now, for non-compliance to Kremlin's censorship demands—which adds a new dimension to the hypocrisy of this fake video.
Meanwhile, X/Twitter is effectively banned in Russia for over 4.5 years now, for non-compliance to Kremlin's censorship demands—which adds a new dimension to the hypocrisy of this fake video.
3/4
To remind, the DSA fine has nothing to do with fake news on X.
In fact, the breached obligations quoted for the fine are limited to:
👮 deceptive Verification practice;
👮 non-transparent data on advertising;
👮 barring independent research of X/Twitter public data
To remind, the DSA fine has nothing to do with fake news on X.
In fact, the breached obligations quoted for the fine are limited to:
👮 deceptive Verification practice;
👮 non-transparent data on advertising;
👮 barring independent research of X/Twitter public data
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
3/4
To remind, the DSA fine has nothing to do with fake news on X.
In fact, the breached obligations quoted for the fine are limited to:
👮 deceptive Verification practice;
👮 non-transparent data on advertising;
👮 barring independent research of X/Twitter public data
To remind, the DSA fine has nothing to do with fake news on X.
In fact, the breached obligations quoted for the fine are limited to:
👮 deceptive Verification practice;
👮 non-transparent data on advertising;
👮 barring independent research of X/Twitter public data
2/4
As a further "proof", the fake video quotes (a non-existent) Trump's Jun-2025 exec order banning travel of those previously "involved in censorship".
The original exec order shown was aimed at "foreign terrorists" and other security threats: www.reuters.com/world/americ...
As a further "proof", the fake video quotes (a non-existent) Trump's Jun-2025 exec order banning travel of those previously "involved in censorship".
The original exec order shown was aimed at "foreign terrorists" and other security threats: www.reuters.com/world/americ...
December 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
2/4
As a further "proof", the fake video quotes (a non-existent) Trump's Jun-2025 exec order banning travel of those previously "involved in censorship".
The original exec order shown was aimed at "foreign terrorists" and other security threats: www.reuters.com/world/americ...
As a further "proof", the fake video quotes (a non-existent) Trump's Jun-2025 exec order banning travel of those previously "involved in censorship".
The original exec order shown was aimed at "foreign terrorists" and other security threats: www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Addendum 2: Sofin has deleted a tweet that previously exposed his affiliation to Dialogonomics:
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Addendum 2: Sofin has deleted a tweet that previously exposed his affiliation to Dialogonomics:
Addendum: Agents Media found a potential connection between Yuri Sofin and GRU: t.me/agentstvonew...
Агентство. Новости
Продвижением Кирилла Дмитриева в X занялся бизнесмен, который может быть связан с ГРУ
В продвижении канала спецпредставителя президента РФ Кирилла Дмитриева в соцсети X, вероятно, участвует IT-предпр...
t.me
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Addendum: Agents Media found a potential connection between Yuri Sofin and GRU: t.me/agentstvonew...
8/8
Previously from us on human-trolls-for-hire network set up exclusively to praise Kirill Dmitriev, currently mostly dormant:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
Previously from us on human-trolls-for-hire network set up exclusively to praise Kirill Dmitriev, currently mostly dormant:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
🧵 Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's economic envoy on ceasefire with Ukraine, thanked🙏 an obviously burner X account for supporting his efforts "building US-Russia bridges".
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
Turned out, that burner account belongs to a dedicated(!) troll network aimed to supporting Dmitriev's endeavors.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
8/8
Previously from us on human-trolls-for-hire network set up exclusively to praise Kirill Dmitriev, currently mostly dormant:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
Previously from us on human-trolls-for-hire network set up exclusively to praise Kirill Dmitriev, currently mostly dormant:
bsky.app/profile/anti...
7/8
If you Google for [LisiiPen] ("Лысый Пень", literally "A Bald Stump"), it could be Sofin's username of choice for many years.
If you Google for [LisiiPen] ("Лысый Пень", literally "A Bald Stump"), it could be Sofin's username of choice for many years.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
7/8
If you Google for [LisiiPen] ("Лысый Пень", literally "A Bald Stump"), it could be Sofin's username of choice for many years.
If you Google for [LisiiPen] ("Лысый Пень", literally "A Bald Stump"), it could be Sofin's username of choice for many years.
6/8
As for Iyry Sofinn, he is a head of us-media[.]ru, a Krasnogorsk-based digital communication boutique.
He is also behind IQAD[.]ru (SEO agency) and SeoWizard[.]ru (a SEO service).
It is unclear at this point whether or not he runs the LLM-powered bot network.
As for Iyry Sofinn, he is a head of us-media[.]ru, a Krasnogorsk-based digital communication boutique.
He is also behind IQAD[.]ru (SEO agency) and SeoWizard[.]ru (a SEO service).
It is unclear at this point whether or not he runs the LLM-powered bot network.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
6/8
As for Iyry Sofinn, he is a head of us-media[.]ru, a Krasnogorsk-based digital communication boutique.
He is also behind IQAD[.]ru (SEO agency) and SeoWizard[.]ru (a SEO service).
It is unclear at this point whether or not he runs the LLM-powered bot network.
As for Iyry Sofinn, he is a head of us-media[.]ru, a Krasnogorsk-based digital communication boutique.
He is also behind IQAD[.]ru (SEO agency) and SeoWizard[.]ru (a SEO service).
It is unclear at this point whether or not he runs the LLM-powered bot network.
5/8
Speaking of Dialogonomics(IuriKDmit), it seems like Lisiipen10U(Iyry Sofinn) is behind its operation:
🧩 Sofinn's 1st-ever post was a reply to IuriKDmit
🧩 which is also the very 1st reply received by IuriKDmit
🧩 Sofinn replied just 4m after IuriKDmit's very 1st post
Speaking of Dialogonomics(IuriKDmit), it seems like Lisiipen10U(Iyry Sofinn) is behind its operation:
🧩 Sofinn's 1st-ever post was a reply to IuriKDmit
🧩 which is also the very 1st reply received by IuriKDmit
🧩 Sofinn replied just 4m after IuriKDmit's very 1st post
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
5/8
Speaking of Dialogonomics(IuriKDmit), it seems like Lisiipen10U(Iyry Sofinn) is behind its operation:
🧩 Sofinn's 1st-ever post was a reply to IuriKDmit
🧩 which is also the very 1st reply received by IuriKDmit
🧩 Sofinn replied just 4m after IuriKDmit's very 1st post
Speaking of Dialogonomics(IuriKDmit), it seems like Lisiipen10U(Iyry Sofinn) is behind its operation:
🧩 Sofinn's 1st-ever post was a reply to IuriKDmit
🧩 which is also the very 1st reply received by IuriKDmit
🧩 Sofinn replied just 4m after IuriKDmit's very 1st post
4/8
Each of pro-Dmitriev LLM bots post up to 1-2 tweets per minute at peak.
One of the telling features for a bot network is using one account for a series of replies before switching to another account for a new series.
Each of pro-Dmitriev LLM bots post up to 1-2 tweets per minute at peak.
One of the telling features for a bot network is using one account for a series of replies before switching to another account for a new series.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
4/8
Each of pro-Dmitriev LLM bots post up to 1-2 tweets per minute at peak.
One of the telling features for a bot network is using one account for a series of replies before switching to another account for a new series.
Each of pro-Dmitriev LLM bots post up to 1-2 tweets per minute at peak.
One of the telling features for a bot network is using one account for a series of replies before switching to another account for a new series.
3/8
This is the 1st time since Apr-2024 when is Kremlin using LLM bots that are context-relevant: responding to the subject of tweet (rather than spamming w/unrelated content)
Previously such bots were targeting Russian-speaking users, occasionally misunderstanding the context:
This is the 1st time since Apr-2024 when is Kremlin using LLM bots that are context-relevant: responding to the subject of tweet (rather than spamming w/unrelated content)
Previously such bots were targeting Russian-speaking users, occasionally misunderstanding the context:
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
3/8
This is the 1st time since Apr-2024 when is Kremlin using LLM bots that are context-relevant: responding to the subject of tweet (rather than spamming w/unrelated content)
Previously such bots were targeting Russian-speaking users, occasionally misunderstanding the context:
This is the 1st time since Apr-2024 when is Kremlin using LLM bots that are context-relevant: responding to the subject of tweet (rather than spamming w/unrelated content)
Previously such bots were targeting Russian-speaking users, occasionally misunderstanding the context:
2/8
The bots praise the special envoy responding to tweets posted:
👏 by Dmitriev himself
👏 by Dialogonomics (IuriKDmit), Dmitriev's analytical alter ego?
👏 by other users mentioning Dmitriev
As often, using bots to praise oneself is a telling sign of lack of confidence.
The bots praise the special envoy responding to tweets posted:
👏 by Dmitriev himself
👏 by Dialogonomics (IuriKDmit), Dmitriev's analytical alter ego?
👏 by other users mentioning Dmitriev
As often, using bots to praise oneself is a telling sign of lack of confidence.
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
2/8
The bots praise the special envoy responding to tweets posted:
👏 by Dmitriev himself
👏 by Dialogonomics (IuriKDmit), Dmitriev's analytical alter ego?
👏 by other users mentioning Dmitriev
As often, using bots to praise oneself is a telling sign of lack of confidence.
The bots praise the special envoy responding to tweets posted:
👏 by Dmitriev himself
👏 by Dialogonomics (IuriKDmit), Dmitriev's analytical alter ego?
👏 by other users mentioning Dmitriev
As often, using bots to praise oneself is a telling sign of lack of confidence.