Many comments on this article reflect a large-scale disinformation campaign deceptively injecting Russian propaganda into Western public discourse. It operates by generating thousands of fake news articles, memes and tweets. Collectively, this propaganda is undermining our public discourse by providing a warped view of the world, where Russia can do no wrong.

I have a suspicion that many of the monikers here on the G & M site that contain random letters and numbers are probably mechanically generated and are likely propaganda accounts.