A rumour saying that Vladimir Putin had died was spread by the Kremlin to test the president’s recognition.
Andrii Yusov, a Ukrainian army intelligence spokesman, mentioned that Moscow officers spread the rumours in an try to see how the Russian public would react to the information.
“In this way, the empire, which is built on the work of the secret services, learns how to continue to rule,” he advised Ukrainian media.
Yusov mentioned that while Putin’s demise could be “good news” for Ukrainians if true, the rumour was circulated to assist Russia tighten home management.
The channel is an notorious supply of florid and unproven details about Putin and his internal circle.
Yet regardless of its infamy, the channel’s newest declare grew to become headline information world wide.
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“The basic purpose of fake news is to look at how society reacts in terms of numbers and dynamics,” Yusov mentioned, claiming that the Kremlin had wished the misinformation to go viral.
“[The purpose is] to look at the reactions of individuals, the elite and the media,” he added.
Yusov mentioned that the disinformation had been spread to profit Putin and his internal circle.
“It is also an instrument of influence on Putin himself or someone like him. He is forced to react, and Peskov is forced to react and prove that this is not the case. That is, he is led down a certain corridor,” Yusov mentioned.
He concluded by stating: “It’s obvious that this is not the end of this story, but a particular playbook.”
The General SVR account posted in regards to the president’s ‘demise’
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Last Friday, the General SVR account mentioned that docs had tried to resuscitate the president after his well being shortly deteriorated.
On Monday, the account then ‘confirmed’ that Putin died on October 26, after a coup came about.
“It’s an internal story that is intended for an internal Russian audience,” Yusov advised NV Radio.
The Russian investigative website Agentstvo reported that the search phrases “dead Putin,” “dying Putin” and “Putin died” had greater than 417,000 impressions on Russia’s hottest search engine, Yandex, final month.
The rumours prompted Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, to dismiss hypothesis about Putin’s well being on two events, labelling the claims as a “hoax” and “absurd”.
Despite claims from Ukraine that Russia used the Telegram channel to tighten Moscow’s management over its folks, no authoritative evaluation has been made which hyperlinks the Kremlin to General SVR.
The channel has claimed to be run by a former Russian Intelligence officer, distancing itself from the Kremlin.