France 24 • April 3, 2026 14:17

How a Russian influence network is spreading anti-Ukrainian propaganda in Ivory Coast

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The Company – a network of Russian agents specialised in disinformation operations – has been carrying out a vast propaganda campaign against the Ukrainian embassy in Ivory Coast. When the pan-African media outlet The Continent received a trove of leaked documents about this operation, the FRANCE 24 Observers team joined forces with a consortium of international journalists to investigate the inner workings of this network.

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