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Russian influence operations are evolving ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterms, using AI-generated videos and bot networks to make fabricated content appear more popular than it really is. Graphika is featured in a new Bloomberg investigation examining the Russian state-backed Matryoshka operation.

buff.lyRussia Is Using an Army of Bots to Push Fake US Election VideosState-backed Matryoshka campaign targeting Democrats inflates view counts of fabricated stories, creating illusion of popularity.

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The deep dive examines how the Russian state-backed Matryoshka operation is targeting U.S. candidates with fake videos and artificially inflated view counts. Graphika’s research helped corroborate and expand on the narratives identified in the investigation.

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Graphika's Jean le Roux told Bloomberg that "even though they’re not actually making an impact on the US midterms or the way people vote, they’re probably still going to use this as a kind of a measure of success within Russia to report back to say how effective the campaign was."