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Story summary
- Russian pro-Kremlin influence operations drove an 850% rise in fake news mimicking media brands.
- Matriochka, Storm-1516 and Doppelganger produced 950 counterfeit stories copying 163 brands across 21 countries.
- Euronews received the most spoofed content, with 82 counterfeit articles from March 2023 to September 2026.
- Eight of the fifteen most imitated outlets were French, with France 24 spoofed 34 times.
