Romanian elections spark investigation in Bulgaria uncovering a network of Russian-owned companies generating hundreds of millions of impressions on social media daily

Romanian elections spark Bulgarian MPs to investigate Russian influence



by MartinBP

15 comments

  1. I’m happy to hear that at least other countries learn something from this. I hope our own government starts taking some measures and doesn’t just sweep it under the rug.

  2. “The Bulgarian investigative group BG Elves, which sought to expose vote-buying networks in the October elections in Bulgaria, has reported the discovery of a network of Bulgarian companies owned by a Georgian national and linked to the spread of pro-Russian influence in Romania.

    The network originates from a company registered in Bulgaria’s second-largest city, Plovdiv.

    BG Elves’ investigation in Bulgaria builds on a journalistic inquiry published by Snoop in Romania on 3 December, which identified a key company connecting the networks. The company in question is registered at an address in Plovdiv.

    “From this Romanian report, we traced 51 companies registered under the name of a Georgian citizen. Many were set up on the same day, mostly in 2024. We have official emails, Facebook profiles, phone numbers, and addresses of many employees at these firms. But there are truly hundreds of them. And they are all Russian,” BG Elves shared without disclosing the names of the companies.”

  3. Russia is waging a hybrid war against democracies. I am glad that at least someone understands this

    > At last week’s meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels, a senior NATO official, speaking anonymously because they weren’t authorized to speak on the record, mentioned the “sustained, ongoing daily attacks against NATO countries,” which included cyberattacks, political interference, attacks on critical infrastructure such as undersea cables, and sabotage.

    https://www.rferl.org/a/wider-europe-nato-winter-ukraine-hybrid-attacks/33232789.html

  5. This should be done here in Italy, russian propaganda spreads on social media like a plague

  7. Honestly just expecting the election in Germany next year going in the same direction with manipulations all over the place by Russia. Germany is so behind on digital warfare and everything that is remotely “digital” is still a puzzle to the old generations leading everything.

    Totally expecting the right wing idiots to take a lot of votes and everyone will be surprised again.

    Sorry for the rant.

  9. Spoiler: it’s happening everywhere. To varying intensity.

  10. Would it be crazy to make military service mandatory again, if you don’t like running in the woods there has to be a digital option where you train and fight Russian disinformation.

  12. Bulgarian bros, good luck with this endeavor. Fuck Russia!!!

  13. Now imagine what they will be able to accomplish with AI images and videos. Democracy is screwed. The only solution is to make political power less critical in everyday lives.

  14. They gotta look at the US elections. It has Russian fingerprints all over it.

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