Putin’s plan for secret psychological war on Europe revealed in bombshell leak | World News [Video]

A Russian plan to manipulate Europe’s most influential people by flooding social media with Kremlin lies has been unveiled in bombshell documents.

The secret campaign, known as ‘Doppelganger’, used influencers, AI and bot accounts to spread Putin’s propaganda to a huge online audience.

The goal of the operation was to influence British and European politicians, discredit the US and Nato, and reduce support for Ukraine, according to documents from Russian psychological warfare meetings.

Details of the 277-page plan were revealed in court after the US government indicted two Russian citizens and seized 32 internet domains related to a plot to influence the 2024 American election. The plot is said to have been in place for at least the past two years.

Published by Politico, the memo explains how the goal of the plan was to trigger emotional reactions from people on social networks.

This included leaving comments on posts from popular accounts that focus on politics and economics. …