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Russia’s campaign of smear and disinformation is running in tandem with its physical attack on Ukraine, and is starting to manifest physically even here in Ireland. DonalMacNamee97 reports.

A building in the city of St Petersburg adorned with the letter Z which signifies support for Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine. Picture: Getty

The photograph was essentially gathering dust, Oksana Vovk said. It was buried on her busy Facebook page, over four years old and submerged beneath hundreds of newer pictures. In it, Vovk poses by a hotel pool on a family holiday to Spain in a black swimsuit and sunglasses, grinning up at the camera.

Last week, a Russian troll used the picture to mock up a fake profile of Vovk on a website purporting to advertise...

 

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