Storm-1516
- Type
- organization
- Country
- Armenia
- Homepage
- Description
- Kremlin-aligned troll farm operating fake news sites and social media accounts targeting Armenia and other countries. Suspicion label: direct_russian_state_actor. Russian influence role: method of Russian disinformation attacks. Suspicion basis: Kremlin-aligned troll farm involved in coordinated disinformation campaigns.
Aliases
Related claims (2)
- Storm-1516 and the Foundation to Battle Injustice, part of an information warfare network established by Yevgeny Prigozhin, are responsible for fabricating false allegations and using AI to impersonate Armenian and European outlets to spread disinformation in Armenia.
- Russia has launched an unusually early disinformation campaign targeting Armenia’s June 2026 parliamentary elections aiming to erode trust in democratic institutions and discredit Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s pro-Western government.