AI and the Kremlin: How Generative Technology Reinvents Propaganda and Authority

This investigation examines how the Kremlin is using new digital tools—including generative AI—to reshape propaganda for the algorithmic age. Rather than relying only on traditional media or trolls, Russian operators now blend fake-news sites, manipulated videos, paid influencers, and AI-generated content into one coordinated system of influence.

AI-created “experts” and synthetic witnesses appear alongside genuine commentators, helping Kremlin narratives reach Western audiences through familiar formats and credible platforms.

Produced with The Christo Files, the final report includes a short documentary that exposes how Russian propaganda has evolved into a networked, partly automated system, and what newsrooms and audiences can do to resist it.