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To extend: the Austrian State Security and Intelligence (DSN) reported that a la...

The Russian campaign for misinformation of Ukraine was revealed: Austria's special services detained the perpetrators

To extend: the Austrian State Security and Intelligence (DSN) reported that a large Russian misinformation campaign was exposed. Its task was to influence the public and political opinion in Austria, directing it against Ukraine and in favor of Russia. The Russian-spy center, carrying out a campaign for manipulation of public opinion in Austria. The purpose was to create pro -Russian sentiment and discredit Ukraine and its President Vladimir Zelensky.

But the State Security and Intelligence Department stopped this activity. This was reported on March 24 on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria. The intelligence services found a intelligence operation during the analysis of electronic devices of Bulgaria citizen, which was detained on suspicion of espionage at the end of 2024. According to DSN, the Spy Network began to work a few weeks after the start of a full -scale war between Russia and Ukraine.

She planned to organize a wide misinformation campaign in German -speaking countries, in particular in Austria. The campaign participants distributed misinformation on the network, as well as pasted postcards and drew graffiti. These actions were intended to create the illusion of pro -Ukrainian activists, DSN reports. The intelligence service reported that the analysis of devices seized from the suspect and found correspondence found careful planning of actions of the cell controlled by Russia.