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Not too surprised that nothing is too low for those aligned with the Russian government.
Link to full story: Video My life as a pro-Putin propagandist in Russia s secret troll factory - TelegraphMy life as a pro-Putin propagandist in Russia’s secret 'troll factory' Lyudmila Savchuk tells how she was ordered to blog about ‘great Putin’ and ‘bad opposition’ to the Kremlin
However, Andrei Soshnikov, a reporter from the St Petersburg newspaper Moi Rayon who has investigated Internet Research, said: “This is such an industry that I can’t believe it is allowed to happen without at least a say-so” from Kremlin officials engaged in propaganda, if not an order. The project pointed towards the presidential administration, he added.
Ms Savchuk, a freelance journalist, remains shocked by the vitriol which her co-workers could switch on at will to slate Mr Putin’s critics.
On the day Mr Nemtsov was killed, the trolls received at least five assignments linked to his death. Their main task was to write that the opposition leader’s friends or Ukrainian oligarchs had arranged his murder and then pin the blame on the Kremlin.
For her, the assassination is now a symbol of the risks she herself has run in speaking out.
“Nemtsov’s death was a sign that any oppositionist, any citizen who declares their rights, can be rubbed out and no one will be held responsible. I know that any person, even me, could end up in his place.”