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The entire community is run by Russian trolls who take the following approach:
Engage with anybody even remotely critical of the extremely pro-Russian posts, under the guise of being “modern-day communists”
Parrot and inflate anything that resembles far-right movements in Ukraine
Repeat all the Russian propaganda, such as describing the Ukrainian government as fascist
Misconstrue comments and incorrectly extract quotes
As mods, selectively delete comments to create a one-sided, pro-Russian narrative
Gang up with all their troll accounts onto a comment they deleted, chiming in with “wow, fascist” to make the casual observer believe that message must have been awful and they are the good guys
Yes, browse https://lemmy.ml/c/memes.
The entire community is run by Russian trolls who take the following approach: