“Why are you acting like a scumbag?” Regina Gimalova January 04, 2024 | How bots commented on the main news of the year on social networks and what sentiments they sowed among Russians More than 53 million users open the VKontakte social network every day. How many of them are real people and how many are automated bots is unknown. So far, it has been possible to identify at least 217 thousand virtual robots working for the Russian government, the commercial sector or the opposition.