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BBC:llä oli kiinnostava artikkeli ryssän sotabloggareista. Mukana tuo Donbassissa vaikuttanut maailman vahvin tyttö Maryana Naumova.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66653837
Ukraine war: Putin influencers profiting from war propaganda
Since the start of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, pro-war influencers have gained millions of followers on Telegram, the social media platform many Russians turned to after President Vladimir Putin banned Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
That explosion in users has led to a surge in Telegram's advertising market.
War influencers have taken advantage of this. They sell ad spaces for companies looking to reach their young audiences.
To find out how much they charge, members of the BBC's Global Disinformation Team posed as hotel owners interested in posting ads on their channels.
One of them was
Alexander Kots, a veteran correspondent for a pro-government newspaper who became a war influencer, with more than 600,000 followers on his personal Telegram channel.
Semyon Pegov, known as
WarGonzo, was another. Perhaps the most well-known Z blogger, he has more than 1.3 million followers.
To advertise on the channel of
Alexander Simonov, a correspondent for the Ria Fan website founded by late mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, the agent quoted £180 per post.
Another Ria Fan reporter,
Alexander Yaremchuk, has fewer followers so his rates are lower, at £86 per post.
While some of the Z-bloggers have significant experience of war reporting for state-run media, others like
Maryana Naumova have no professional training.
A former powerlifter, she took a reporting course on a Wagner mercenary base and now presents her own show on national TV.
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– Touhumme eteni yhä pitemmälle, ja kun aloimme suoraan sanoen nussia lauteilla sylikkäin, Kari Tapio räjähti, Frederik muistelee kirjassa.
