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1. The Artem Klyushin account has regained interest after tweeting about RBG. This character has actually been around lurking in the #TrumpRussia world for awhile. It's pretty safe to assume this is a hoax -an elaborate one, well fleshed out on social media and the internet.
2. Start with the name Klyushin - it's a play on "collusion". Further, Klyushin is not an actual Russian surname as far as I can tell. Searches of the name will lead you to Artem Klyushin's online presence - Twitter, Facebook and some scattered Russian sites.
3. One of these sites presents itself as a Press Release: press-release.ru/branches/inter….
Quite juicy upon translation - describing the extraordinary (and feared) hacker known as Klyushin and his relationship to Trump.
Quite juicy upon translation - describing the extraordinary (and feared) hacker known as Klyushin and his relationship to Trump.
4. Where things do get interesting is his vk profile. Which is a Russian social media site. And this is where I say it gets elaborate. There are pictures on here going back to 2009 and quite a few pictures with Putin - looks like some kind of youth event. vk.com/artem_klyushin
5. Despite the fact that my gut instinct is that this is all a big red herring, it speaks to the underlying reality that manipulating us through social media is the weapon of choice for the Russians and we're all potential targets. No matter your politics or intellect.
