How Russia uses AI, bot farms to undermine support for Ukraine

How is Russia using bot farms, AI, and online propaganda to spread disinformation and undermine support for Ukraine? The Kremlin’s disinformation strategy goes far beyond fake accounts and misleading posts. It is building an infrastructure designed to amplify divisive messages, exploit existing political tensions, and influence public opinion. The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek spoke with James Pamment, director of Lund University’s Psychological Defense Research Institute, about how Russia’s influence operations work, who coordinates them, and how they are funded. They discuss the role of Sergei Kiriyenko in Russia’s propaganda apparatus, the use of AI to spread influence, and why attacks on information environments are increasingly focused on weakening support for Ukraine. 00:00 Intro 00:39 How Russian bot farms operate 02:00 Kremlin’s propaganda machine 06:01 Funding Russia’s influence operations 07:55 Support independent journalism in Ukraine 08:22 Disrupting Russia’s propaganda network 10:37 AI in Russia’s propaganda strategy 11:42 The Kremlin’s goals in the information war 13:07 Russia’s interference in Western elections 14:56 Outro Watch more on Russian propaganda and information warfare:    • How AI is supercharging Russian propaganda...      • What Russian propaganda borrows from Nazis      • Laura Loomer on how she fell for Russian p...   If you’ve been watching for a while, this is the moment to join us: https://kyivindependent.com/membershi... Subscribe to our channel for more independent reporting from Ukraine. #KyivIndependent #UkraineWar #RussiaDisinformation #BotFarmsRussia #Russia #RussiaPropaganda