Unlike some other Africa-targeted info ops, they got a decent degree of reach; albeit with pushback, being repeatedly called out by the mods of r/Africa and others for their reporting and being evasive about funding. Much of their content has been deleted there (some by mods and some by AS). 2/4

Similar to prior Russia-backed ops, the Russian government continues to play multiple sides: Tenet Media being the RT backed operation that was funding far right personalities. 3/4 www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/b...

Russia Secretly Worms Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media

Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson, Tim Pool and Dave Rubin.