Russian Media: A Playground for Deepfakes and Political Propaganda

Radio stations in Russia's Sverdlovsk region were hacked to broadcast a message sounding like a campaign ad for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner Group, blaming the military for losing control of the border town where the war against Ukraine has seeped into Russian territory. Prigozhin denied having anything to do with the "hooliganism on the radio" and noted that "sentiments" critical of the Defense Ministry were now rampant in Russian society.