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pro-russian-information-manipulation-actors

pro-russian-information-manipulation-actors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.

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pro-russian-information-manipulation-actors

What changed

Reports describe a purported AI-enabled influence and disinformation campaign centered on Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traoré. Dozens of purported AI-generated or AI-manipulated videos, allegedly produced by groups such as Black Rebellion and Univers Inspirant, have circulated widely across African media promoting pro-Traoré and pro-Russian narratives, with similar synthetic content appearing during regional conflicts and political events.

  • Deepfakes Help Spread False Information in Africahttps://adf-magazine.com/2025/09/deepfakes-help-spread-false-information-in-africa/
  • Deepfakes and propaganda used to glorify Burkina Faso’s Traoréhttps://disinfo.africa/deepfakes-and-propaganda-used-to-glorify-burkina-fasos-traor%C3%A9-83bf59499714
  • AI Incident Database - Incident 1283https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1283/

Timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2026Purported AI-Enabled Pro-Russian Influence Campaign Centered on Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré and Disseminated Across African Media
    Incident82%
    • Deepfakes Help Spread False Information in Africahttps://adf-magazine.com/2025/09/deepfakes-help-spread-false-information-in-africa/
    • Deepfakes and propaganda used to glorify Burkina Faso’s Traoréhttps://disinfo.africa/deepfakes-and-propaganda-used-to-glorify-burkina-fasos-traor%C3%A9-83bf59499714
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1283https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1283/
  2. 7 Sept 2025Russian Disinformation Campaign Reportedly Used AI-Generated Posts and Videos to Target 2025 Moldovan Parliamentary Elections
    Incident78%
    • Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistancehttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/business/russia-disinformation-trump.html
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1202https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1202/
  3. 3 July 2025Reported AI-Generated Audio of Ukrainian Commander Andriy Biletsky Used in Russian Disinformation Campaign
    Incident78%
    • Russia has fabricated an audio track of an interview with the commander of the Third Army Corpshttps://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-factcheck/4010029-russia-spreads-fake-news-about-ukrainian-commander-andrii-biletskyi.html
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1133https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1133/
  4. 3 July 2025Reported Deepfakes of Ukrainian Deputy PM Olha Stefanishyna Allegedly Supporting Fictional Mobilization Plan for Women
    Incident82%
    • New fake of ru-propaganda about the mobilisation of women in Ukrainehttps://cpd.gov.ua/en/international-threats-en/usa/new-fake-of-ru-propaganda-about-the-mobilisation-of-women-in-ukraine/
    • Russian propagandists spread rumors about the mobilization of women in Ukraine: CPD debunked another fakehttps://unn.ua/en/news/russian-propagandists-spread-rumors-about-the-mobilization-of-women-in-ukraine-cpd-debunked-another-fake
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1134https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1134/
  5. 2 June 2025Alleged Russian-Linked Deepfake Campaign Misattributes Infrastructure Projects to Burkina Faso's Ibrahim Traoré
    Incident78%
    • Russia Using False Information To Prop Up African Junta Regimeshttps://www.eurasiareview.com/30052025-russia-using-false-information-to-prop-up-african-junta-regimes/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 1095https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1095/
  6. 11 May 2025'Pravda' Network, Successor to 'Portal Kombat,' Allegedly Seeding AI Models with Kremlin Disinformation
    Incident82%
    • A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russ…https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-funded-moscow-based-global
    • Exclusive: Russian disinformation floods AI chatbots, study findshttps://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/exclusive-russian-disinfo-floods-ai-chatbots-study-finds
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 968https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/968/
  7. 7 Mar 2025Purported Deepfake Targets Olena Zelenska in Alleged Russian Disinformation Campaign
    Incident82%
    • Deepfake video targeting Zelensky’s wife linked to Russian disinformation campaign, CNN analysis showshttps://www.cnn.com/2024/07/02/europe/deepfake-video-zelensky-wife-intl-latam/index.html
    • Deepfake targets Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenksa with false claim she bought Bugattihttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/olena-zelenska-false-claim-she-bought-bugatti/
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 755https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/755/
  8. 13 Nov 2024Purportedly AI-Manipulated Video Allegedly Targets Moldovan Economic Development Minister Dumitru Alaiba in Election Disinformation Campaign
    Incident82%
    • Poor quality fakes, Minister Alaiba about images showing him in saunahttps://www.ipn.md/en/poor-quality-fakes-minister-alaiba-about-images-showing-him-in-7965_1107728.html
    • Moscow Roils a Country on the Edge of Europe and Russiahttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/world/europe/moldova-russia-european-union-election.html
    • AI Incident Database - Incident 841https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/841/

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