Russia's "troll army" that manipulates online public opinion

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Sina US stocks news Beijing time on the 25th, the Japanese-Chinese website reported that EU countries are increasingly wary of the "information terrorism" of the Russian Putin regime. In addition to the publicity activities of the Russian state media that promoted external propaganda, it is said that through the intelligence work on the Internet, it is trying to expand the influence on the people of various countries. Russia denies participation, but the "troll army" base that manipulates online public opinion has at least one in St. Petersburg.

"The boss is the president"

Before 9 am, in the residential street in St. Petersburg. While still surrounded by darkness, young people dressed as preparatory school students entered a four-story building. The sign reads "Commercial Center" and the windows are all covered with curtains.

Reference reading: The United States built an anti-foreign propaganda and dissemination rumor center.

Even if you say hello to the young people walking into the building, no one will respond at all. Ask the 2 security guards who are standing at the front desk of the first floor about what company it is. The answer is “Leather Products Company”. If you question "it doesn't look like", the other party says it is a "public relations company." The reporter entangled the request: "I hope to interview the president", the other side said angrily: "The boss is the president"

Office building in St. Petersburg residential street where the Russian "Water Army" is located Office building in St. Petersburg residential street where the Russian "Water Army" is located


The three former employees here testified that this is the "company" that works on the Internet 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. According to the business distribution department, 300 to 400 employees comment on the media, publish false information on social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook, and pretend to be bloggers who do not exist. There are also design and video production departments responsible for political caricatures.

Malate (41-year-old) went to the interview after seeing the job advertisement. He worked for the company for several months from the end of 2014 with a monthly salary of 40,000 rubles (about 4,490 yuan). It was assigned to the department that wrote the comments on the Russian media website. Every morning, the topic that was assigned to be dealt with was asked to publish "our opinion." Use 30~40 IDs respectively to post 200 comments per day for daily work.

Most of the content released was criticized by the US President Oba, the German President Merkel, and the declining Ukrainian pro-European-American regime on the Ukrainian issue. Three people are responsible for checking what they write. "The United States is the worst empire," and comments are posted online every day from 9 am to 9 pm.

Vitali who worked in the Russian "Water Army" Vitali who worked in the Russian "Water Army"


A political knowledge test will be conducted once a month. The test included “What is the EU (EU)?”, “Where is the friendly country of Russia?” and so on. Malate said that "many young people can't answer these questions. They don't even know what they have written, they just post the specified content online."

Disguised as a beauty

Liu Da (transliteration, 35 years old) belongs to the blog department. Originally accused of pretending to be a Ukrainian male who criticized the Ukrainian pro-European regime, he was later instructed to pretend to be a female diviner. The content of the divination topic is: "I dreamt that Ukraine was ruined last night." The monthly salary is around 40,000 rubles, and if the number of blog visits increases, you can also get a bonus.

It is said that the method of disguising as a beauty on a blog is often used. Stealing photos of beautiful women on the Internet to attract attention and to add political speeches to everyday trivial topics. "There is a horrible movie. Everyone is dead. The United States is also dead. The United States will eventually die."

In addition, false news sites are frequently established. Vitali (25-year-old) works on a fake website disguised as a Ukrainian media website and Russian domestic news. The specific job is to rewrite the news of the existing media and then publish the fake news on the website. In addition, publishing false information on social media such as Facebook is also one of the work content.

Vitali said that he "worked for three and a half months and resigned due to guilt." The words of the boss at the time of the resignation made it unforgettable: "It’s just that you work with the Kremlin, and the other is working with American money."

The actual situation of the company's operators is unknown. The local media reported the names of entrepreneurs close to the Kremlin. According to three people, on the payday, employees queued in front of the finance room to receive bundles of cash in paper bags. There is no need to pay taxes or social security fees such as pension insurance.

The work of three people is to work in Russian, and it is said that there are teams that publish information in foreign languages ​​such as English and Ukrainian.


Therefore, it can be determined that the external work is also carried out here. The author found the company's job advertisement online. Salary: 40,000 to 50,000 rubles, work content: publish information online, work requirements: English ability, creativity. In the newspaper, public opinion was revealed, and Liu Da, who is still in contact with some employees, said, "There is information that the Internet and the United States have also hired network water forces."

Planting "artificial turf" to countries

Yanis Salz, director of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Strategic Communications Center, pointed out that "Russia's information manipulation techniques for domestic control practices have begun to be applied overseas." In January, in Germany, Russian journalists held large-scale protest marches because of the false information that Russian girls were raped by refugees on social networking sites. The false information distributed by Russia is considered to be the position of Prime Minister Merkel who is instigating the implementation of sanctions against Russia on the Ukrainian issue. Director Salz said that "Russia has seized the changes in the information environment such as the increased influence of social networking sites and is applying politics."

The US Obama administration has concluded that the Russian government has intervened in the US presidential election in November by Trump, who advocated improving relations with Russia through cyberattacks. At the same time, it is believed that the false information spread by Russia through Facebook's "News Feed" has affected the criticism of the US presidential election.

The intelligence agencies in the UK and Germany have expressed concern about Russia's "attacks." German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in November that "every day is forced to deal with false information and cyber attacks spread by Russia", showing a sense of crisis.

Former Russian intelligence personnel said that "the Kremlin recognizes the destructive power of grassroots movement." It is said that Russia’s “water army work” on the Internet is called planting “artificial lawns” to countries...

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