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Lyudmila Savchuk

Russian investigative journalist

Eastern Europe and Central Asia
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Russia
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Lyudmila Savchuk is an investigative journalist, media expert, and internet disinformation activist from Saint Petersburg, Russia, who specializes in researching, detecting, and countering propaganda. In 2015, Savchuk went undercover to expose the Russian troll factory, Internet Research Agency (IRA), named in the Mueller probe. After leaking her findings, Savcuk filed and won a lawsuit against the IRA, further bringing the troll factory to the public eye. Savchuk lectures on disinformation globally and remains involved with activism through her media project, Information Peace, to counter the ongoing information war. 

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