Behind the factory outpost

The structures associated with the “troll factory” are attacked by journalists, bloggers and public figures and surveillance of them. It is reported by Fontanka.ru.

Behind several journalists of the publication, surveillance was installed. The editorial staff received letters from a certain user with the nickname Kriv Vetka, who tried to find out the personal data of the Fontanka correspondent Denis Korotkov.

“We know and can prove that Kriv Vetka wrote letters from the IP address registered with Glavset. This is a newly formed legal entity of the famous“ troll factory ”, which is based in the business center on Savushkin, 55. A broad state of the Prochrevsky bloggers and the media is under the wing of the factory,” the publication writes.

In addition, Fontanka notes the connection with the “troll factory” of the Whiswhos.me portal, where bloggers were published critically about the Russian authorities. “As a contact mail during registration, an email address was left, which was supposedly belonged to an employee of the“ Factory ”Nikita Podgorny,” the publication reports with reference to the study of the British journalist Lawrence Alexander.

On June 9, after the publication of Korotkov’s article on the connections of people from the security service of the billionaire Evgeny Prigozhin with the so-called “Wagner PMC” noticed in Syria, the Fontanka website underwent DDOS-Atak. According to the publication, it is believed that the activities of the "troll factory" sponsor Prigozhin.

At the end of May, State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkovannounced attacks on critics of the authorities in this city. "The personal data of these people are carefully gathering and laid out on this site: http://whoiswhos.me ," the deputy wrote. “It is not only about accounts in social networks - names, addresses and even bank cards appear.”

In particular, Gudkov mentioned the case of the city dweller Yulia Chernobodova, who, after a series of threats, was burned. On June 2, the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Nevsky District of St. Petersburg opened a case on the fact of threats against it under Part 1 of Article 119 of the Criminal Code (threat of murder or causing serious harm to health). The suspects and accused were not reported.

On February 9, a civil activist Danila Aleksandrov was beaten in St. Petersburg. The activist was broken by his nose. For one and a half to two weeks before the attack of Alexandrov, threats also received. On March 31, at home, an attack by unknown visitors was subjected to public administrator "Criminal Power" Alexander Markov. On the morning of June 10, an attack on another administrator of this public, Yegor Alekseev , was attacked. The blogger received a fracture of the nose and a concussion; He was also damaged by his jaw. Previously, he also received threats. About the attackers, Alekseev wrote: "These are specialists. Those to whom we pay taxes." After the incident, the blogger left Russia.