The Doppelgänger disinformation campaign has been spreading pro-Russian narratives and fake news since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
One of the main tactics involves copying legitimate news websites. These fake versions are designed to look nearly identical to the originals, making them difficult to distinguish at first glance.Another tactic is the creation of seemingly independent fake news platforms – used to disseminate disinformation in various languages across multiple countries, including Germany.
A typical narrative claims that Western democratic governments are unstable, corrupt, or close to collapse.The goal? To present Russia in a favorable light while undermining trust in Western values.
The Bayerisches Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz (Bavarian Office for the Protection of the Constitution) conducted in-depth technical analysis and uncovered significant details about the Doppelgänger campaign Other organizations, including the German Foreign Office and civil society groups like Qurium, Recorded Future, ClearSky, SentinelOne, and Meta, have published related findings.
