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CHESNO movement: MPs share posts from pro-Russian channels in Telegram

Hetmantsev advised to subscribe to Resident channel already after the SBU declared about its pro-Russian orientation. 

MPs Maksym Buzhanskyy (Servant of the People party) and Oleksandr Dubinskyy (independent, formerly - Servant of the People) shared posts from Telegram channels which are monitored by Russian special services, according to the SBU. Such results were shown by a network analysis of MPs posts conducted by the CHESNO Movement.

Both Dubinsky and Buzhansky reposted information from the pro-Russian channel Resident: the first - 86 times, the second - 190 times. In addition, the chairman of the tax committee Danylo Hetmantsev (Servant of the People) recommended subscribing to the pro-Russian Resident.

In April 2021, he included this channel among those "worthy of attention". At the same time, the SBU officially announced on 1 February, 2021 that the channels Legitimnyy and Resident work for the Russian Federation.

Hetmantsev on “proved” Telegram channels
Photo: CHESNO movement
Hetmantsev on “proved” Telegram channels

The group of propaganda channels included 35 resources. As for the number of subscribers, the largest among them are Legitimnyy and Resident, but the most popular in terms of the number of reposts are Spletnitsa, ZeRada and Nablyudatel.

The list of Telegram channels that spread Russian propaganda
Photo: CHESNO movement
The list of Telegram channels that spread Russian propaganda

"According to the research of the CHESNO Movement, this group also included the MediaKiller channel. He actively reposts the video blogs of independent MP Geo Leros. In addition, the Shariy Party channel is included the group. It was banned back in September of last year, but according to the posts it continued to work for another six months. In particular, the last post about the alleged "aid to Kherson" was published on 6 March, 2023," - noted the movement. 

The list of MPs whose posts are most shared within social medias and Telegram channels
Photo: CHESNO movement
The list of MPs whose posts are most shared within social medias and Telegram channels

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