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@kromark
Jul 26, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Russian Telegram channels spread what they say is German AfD party 'social advertising', mocking the govt support for Ukraine. The problem is that Russian professional film actors are filmed in it, like this guy, Igor Alexeev () https://t.co/MInrzlhvPH https://t.co/DMYiIlszoLarchive.is/4Qpfu

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The main role of the woman who confiscates all the property from the ordinary German family in favor of Vladimir Zelensky is plaid by Russian actress Julia Mandriko () https://t.co/5xHOQXP5Dupcnika.ru/actor/3017
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The 'father' is the Russian cinema actor Valentin Vorobyev. https://t.co/06wMAlTnrnkinopoisk.ru/name/3230080/
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And the 'mother' is the Russian actress Julia Konyukhova https://t.co/B5OpijIh9tkids-models.ru/profile.php?id…
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Konyukhova wrote on her Instagram that the boy in the clip is her son (post now seems to be deleted). https://t.co/iDPljwULf0
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She also allegedly exposed (I haven't seen the post with my own eyes) that the whole production belongs to the Russia Today TV channel.

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🕵️Call us the 'Headquarters Hunters': together with @pustota, we found the 'mail center' of the GRU 'Africa Corps.' You will – and will not – be surprised where we found it. Full thread below 🔽 Image
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1/5 An important P.S. to my Valdai thread. This clearly demonstrates that any piece agreements with Putin’s Russia don’t cost the paper they're written on. One day he will simply fabricate a pretext to breach any agreement without hesitation, regardless how absurd it will look. Image
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A @Planet satellite image of Novorossiysk taken today shows the aftermath of the Ukrainian underwater drone attack on a Russian Kilo-class submarine. Still hard to conduct a precise BDA, but at least we can see that the explosion occurred approximately 20 m from the vessel.
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1/3 Finally, our investigation, together with @pustota, revealing several participants of the recent far-right and fascist organizations forum in St. Petersburg who did not want to be identified – including Hamburg Bürgerschaft MP Robert Risch from the AfD svoboda.org/a/rossiyskaya-…Image
2/3 Special thanks to @MackjackMaier for quickly revealing Risch’s identity, and kudos to the Belgian nationalists of 'Nation,' who accidentally shared his unblurred photo. Image
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3/3 How it all started:
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