#Russian occupation
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-f4fca73f633172637dee02d1c7fe3e06.png "Ukraine Identifies Leaders of Russian “Youth Army” Recruiting Thousands of Children in Occupied Territories")
![Illustrative image. Russian 117Zh6 RLK-MC Valday on a KAMAZ chasis. (Photo: open source)]( "Illustrative image. Russian 117Zh6 RLK-MC Valday on a KAMAZ chasis. (Photo: open source)")
![How the Kremlin Buys Foreign Love Using Its Western Influencers Like "Sasha Meets Russia"]( "How the Kremlin Buys Foreign Love Using Its Western Influencers Like \"Sasha Meets Russia\"")
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![Jessica_daly]( "Photo of Jess Daly")
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- Anti-Fake
How much is the Kremlin willing to pay foreign-facing influencers to praise Russia? The bloggers claim nothing. The data says otherwise. Sasha Meets Russia, for instance, is just one among a network of “loyal foreign bloggers” managed by a stablemaster with direct Kremlin ties.![Illustrative image. A Russian Su-30SM fighter jet. (Source: Wikimedia)]( "Illustrative image. A Russian Su-30SM fighter jet. (Source: Wikimedia)")
![A Russian oil storage facility in Hvardiiske, Crimea. (Source: Tatarigami_UA/X)]( "A Russian oil storage facility in Hvardiiske, Crimea. (Source: Tatarigami_UA/X)")
![Illustrative image. Flag of the Crimean Tatar waves next to the City State Administration on February 26, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. Flag of the Crimean Tatar waves next to the City State Administration on February 26, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Massive fire at the Feodosia oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea after a drone strike, October 13, 2025. (Source: IAPonomarenko/X)]( "Massive fire at the Feodosia oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea after a drone strike, October 13, 2025. (Source: IAPonomarenko/X)")
-107cc44874ef0a197f3755f5f1bcabcf.png "How the Kremlin Buys Foreign Love Using Its Western Influencers Like \"Sasha Meets Russia\"")
-46f6afa2f66d31ff3df8ea1a8f5524ec.jpg "Photo of Jess Daly")
-1ebb170e277be7ecd9d8fb7a0c5fd38c.jpeg "A Russian oil storage facility in Hvardiiske, Crimea. (Source: Tatarigami_UA/X)")
-5cc6fe1c34a2f6f92ccb7fddf09835e2.jpeg "Massive fire at the Feodosia oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea after a drone strike, October 13, 2025. (Source: IAPonomarenko/X)")