The Kremlin uses both conventional media -- Sputnik, a news agency, and RT, a television outlet -- and covert channels, as in Sweden, that are almost always untraceable.
Russia exploits both approaches in a comprehensive assault, Wilhelm Unge, a spokesman for the Swedish Security Service, said this year when presenting the agency’s annual report. "We mean everything from internet trolls to propaganda and misinformation spread by media companies like RT and Sputnik," he said.
Trolls? Those bad, bad Russians are using Trolls? Imagine that.
This is a long New York Times article. Much more at link. |