Russia has been publishing English-language articles to spread COVID-19 disinformation to Americans, US officials said. It could skew the 2020 elections as it did in 2016.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-running-coronavirus-disinformation-websites-target-us-voters-ap-2020-7

Bill Bostock
July 29, 2020

Russia is creating fake news articles about the COVID-19 pandemic and aiming them at Americans, US officials told The Associated Press (AP).

They said that Russia's secretive GRU military intelligence unit runs three websites that have produced 150 articles about the pandemic, many critical of the US response.

The websites — InfoRos.ru, Infobrics.org, and OneWorld.press — have also stirred up anti-US sentiment and attacked Democratic candidate Joe Biden, the AP said.

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