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Reportedly Viral USAID Disinformation Video Linked to Russian-Aligned Campaign Known as Matryoshka

February 7, 2025

An allegedly viral video on X in early February 2025, purporting USAID compensated celebrities for visiting Ukraine, bears resemblance to E! News and employs a British narrator. However, those named deny any participation. The video is suspected of being orchestrated by Matryoshka (also known as Operation Overload and Storm-1679), an influence campaign under scrutiny for utilizing AI-generated narration and editing, although the use of such tools has not been definitively verified.

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Alleged deployer
storm-1679, russian-linked-disinformation-network, operation-overload, matryoshka
Alleged developer
unknown-deepfake-technology-developers, unknown-voice-cloning-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties
usaid, truth, the-new-york-times, sean-penn, politico, orlando-bloom, new-york-university, e!-news, ben-stiller, bbc, angelina-jolie

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