Ivan Pavlov

The coat of arms of Russia is reflected in a laptop screen in this picture illustration

The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter

March 13, 2019

Lyudmila Savchuk went undercover at a Russian troll farm in St. Petersburg in 2014. Since she wrote her investigative piece, she's made it her mission to speak out against Kremlin-connected troll farms. But she's no longer convinced that she's winning the battle.

The trolls are winning, says Russian troll hunter
A Russian tank drives past the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory parade on Moscow's Red Square on May 5, 2014.

An American faces a bewildering end to her decade in Russia

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