Thread by @SlickRockWeb

So 1st sampling of data we are currently analyzing. Sorry, wish I had more time 2 do more but this is interesting even if it isn't as timely as I would prefer. This wordcloud is from the most pro-Kremlin of the #Hamilton68 accounts (mostly foreign) during the peak of #GeorgeFloyd

Also notice that "Soros" for George Soros appears significantly in that wordcloud above. Not surprising because there's been a long ongoing #disinfo campaign to suggest Soros funds all of these #BLM & #Antifa protests making him the single largest employer in the US <sarcasm>

Literally within 30 seconds of looking you can find a #Qanon / conspiracy meme like this .... pinning all the world's woes on George Soros. It is quite incredible and he has been the boogeyman for Russia, the far-right and now #Qanon for yrs. #disinfo #osint #infosec

So the other interesting hashtag / topic that is more recent and growing in its messaging is #DefundThePolice . Here was the first tweet on June 5th that a few of the pro-Kremlin #Hamilton68 troll accounts we follow promoted.

Usage of the hashtag #DefundThePolice (circled in yellow) is growing among this subset of pro-Kremlin #Hamilton68 trolls most focused on Russian Geopolitics. Wordcloud of 26849 recent tweets, 06/07 - 06/09/20. Of note this group hasn't used it in yrs. IRA accounts used it in 2016

Like I mentioned earlier in this thread the first pro-Kremlin troll in this #hamilton68 subset to boost a #DefundThePolice tweet was recent on June 5th, 2020. But prior to this it first appeared among Russian trolls, specifically of the IRA variety in 2016. #disinfo #osint

It turns out among Russian IRA accounts, the hashtags #abolishthePolice & #abolishPolice were also used sparingly in 2015-2017. For this current subset of pro-Kremlin #Hamilton68 accounts we have seen, so far, only a couple usages 4 only the #AbolishPolice hashtag #disinfo #osint

Back to the usage of Antifa for a moment. The 1st pro-Kremlin troll in this specific #hamilton68 subset boosted this tweet by a domestic #MAGA account DananaMama about Antifa on 05/02/20. Antifa usage later peaked around May 30 during #GeorgeFloyd protests & has been steady since

Interestingly there was a very prominent peak in usage of Antifa by the Russian IRA trolls back in mid August 2017 to try and counter the negative press the alt-right got during the "Unite the Right" protest in Charlottesville, VA. The both-sides argument. #disinfo #osint #antifa

To be clear a number of our other subsets of pro-kremlin #Hamilton68 trolls, and our new alt-left subset have been using #Antifa on & off for yrs to demonize the left and try to muddy the waters by saying both sides, alt-left and alt-right have violent protestors. #disinfo #osint

And almost on cue Giuliani pulls out a word salad of #Antifa, George Soros, Socialism, New World Order, defunding the police and scary Autonomous Zones on #FoxNews. h/t @Krazy_Kris

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1271962349281280000

By now most, who know how to read, know that Russian propagandists like to & are quite experienced at playing both sides. Over the past 18 mnths or so we have created a set of accounts (based on much of the #Hamilton68 criteria we reverse engineered) that are pro-Kremlin alt-left

Heres the wordcloud from this set of pro-kremlin alt-left trolls between June 6 - 10th. #DefundThePolice is even more prominent within this set. Of note is the hashtag #ados & the fact that #GeorgeFloyd hashtag is oddly absent if these were legit activist accounts #disinfo #osint

From the Burkovsky archives and translated from Russian into English this top secret memo about KGB activities in 1970 lay out almost identically what is likely happening right now. Just swap out the Black panthers from 1970 with BLM and Antifa from 2020. h/t @LuluLemew #disinfo