Election in Russia: Putin trolls attack the opposition's boycott campaign.. As of: March 14, 2024, 2:14 p.m By: Jens Kiffmeier CommentsPressSplit The Russia election is considered a farce.

Nevertheless, the opposition wants to diminish the result for Putin. But the Kremlin is countering this – with fake news. The infamous troll factory is said to have tried to torpedo the Putin opposition’s boycott call by spreading fake news on social networks.