The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted that the European Union, instead of statements about Russian “falsities” about Armenia, would be better to watch the video of the Republic’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan himself. Commenting on Western media publications about an alleged Russian disinformation campaign before the elections in Armenia, Zakharova posted a video clip on her channel on the “Telegram” application showing Pashinyan’s strange behavior.
“A few days ago there was another powerful hoax under the guise of an alleged investigation into EUvsDisinfo, an EU propaganda structure (operating within the framework of the East StratCom Task Force under the auspices of the EU Foreign Policy Service), created to ‘fight Russian disinformation and counterfeiting,’” the diplomat noted.
Articles in European media claim that Russia launched the Matryoshka disinformation operation using artificial intelligence. “So, I will responsibly declare: no operation ‘Matryoshka’ could have come up with this video,” Zakharova added. “There is no need to fall into ecstasy from stories about artificial intelligence technologies or alleged botnets.” “This is Nikol Vovayevich Pashinyan himself. Therefore, stop making up fake news about the ‘hand of the Kremlin.’”