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Russia does a Russia in Russian election

It’s not just U.S. and other foreign government elections that the Kremlin is trying to influence using underhanded social media tactics. ZNAK is reporting that Kremlin youth activists are apparently using the Vkontakte accounts of dead people to spread strong-man excerpts from Putin’s press events. Vkontakte is the “Facebook of Russia”–the country’s most popular social … Continue reading “Russia does a Russia in Russian election”

Russia does a Russia in Russian election

Russia’s Biggest Social Network Now Allows Political Ads–But Only “Official” Ones

A change quietly made last fall allows candidates to put ads on Vkontakte, Russia’s “Facebook,” but bars unofficial candidates like activist Alexey Navalny.

Russia’s Biggest Social Network Now Allows Political Ads–But Only “Official” Ones

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