Actors Recorded Movies for ‘Vladimir.’ It Turned Into Russian Propaganda.

Web propagandists aligned with Russia have duped at the least seven Western celebrities, together with Elijah Wooden and Priscilla Presley, into recording quick movies to help its on-line info conflict towards Ukraine, in response to new safety analysis by Microsoft.

The celebrities appear like they have been requested to supply phrases of encouragement—apparently by way of the Cameo app—to somebody named “Vladimir” who seems to be scuffling with substance abuse, Microsoft stated. As an alternative, these messages have been edited, typically dressed up with emojis, hyperlinks and the logos of media retailers after which shared on-line by the Russia-aligned trolls, the corporate stated.