Portuto posted videos on social media that he directed, for example, about a "launch" to wipe out "Victory for Germany" (AfD), the friendliest party in the country. Salander has also railed against politicians from the ruling CDU party, in particular it has been claimed that German Chancellor Friedrich March has allegedly suffered a stroke, and is now seen double in public. The Matryoshka network published dozens of videos defining the German politicians from various parties - with the exception of AfD and BSW (Union for Social Justice and a Reasonable Economy) Sarah Wangchat. The authors of the video covered them as content in well-known German media, such as the Frankfurt Allan Zeitung (FAZ) and DW. The Doppelganger campaign used a similar method. Hundreds of German-language posts on the social network X included dissatisfaction with Germany's ruling parties, but the AfD was presented as Germany's "hope". The links led to fake pages in the style of Die Welt magazine and Der Spiegel. Examples in the new study are provided by the Berlin Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy CeMAS. Russian disinformation campaigns have been registered ahead of the September 2026 parliamentary elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Berlin and Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. Does the fake work? Formally, such posts received tens of thousands of likes and millions of views. However, experts point out that this is the result of fraud. "The impact of such campaigns on the election results is very difficult to measure," says researcher Chamhas Yulia Smirnova, "but it is worth considering the long-term impact - such campaigns can strengthen existing doubts regarding the transparency of democratic processes and the already existing kitovization." Details: DW. @dwglavnoe.