Experts say there is no evidence that Russian trolls have been affected by Ukraine’s Yandex attacks.

Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced them.

Researchers from dTeam, a US-based group that tracks Moscow-linked influence operations, told BBC Verify there has not been “any traffic change from known Russian accounts and bot clusters on any platform”.

Bots linked to pro-Kremlin influence operations like Storm-1516 and Matryoshka - both of which BBC Verify has previously reported on - were still active on social media on Tuesday, evidence shared with BBC Verify by dTeam shows.

  • DoomsiderEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Arguing over whether or not Russian bot farms are affected is pretty dumb, but you are welcome to it.

      • DoomsiderEnglish
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        24 days ago

        Here you are doing exactly what I said over a dumb topic.