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The Secrets Behind the Russian Trolls (Short clip from recent documentary)
This is a clip from a documentary by French journalist Paul Moreira titled "Inside the Russian War Machine." The clip focuses on Russian internet propagandists Maria Katasanova and Konstantin Rykov, and includes references to Rykov's November 2016 confession claiming responsibility for running an operation to get Trump elected.
The original documentary was in French, but looks like there's an English version available.
Note that the "opposition blogger" that Rykov is seen debating at the 4:10 mark in the video is Anton Nossik. Nossik was at one point prosecuted by the Putin government for his online activities, and in 2017 died of a supposed "heart attack."
It's an eight minute clip, well worth a watch.
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