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            Ex-Kremlin Internet 'Troll' Sues to End Putin Propaganda

   by Associated Press

   A former "Kremlin troll'' is suing her old employer to shut down what
   she describes as a "factory'' churning out Internet propaganda
   defending Russian President Vladimir Putin.

   Lyudmila Savchuk said Tuesday that the trial opened Monday in St.
   Petersburg but was immediately delayed until June 23 because the
   defendant failed to show up.

   In an interview in April, Savchuk told The Associated Press how she and
   hundreds of colleagues in St. Petersburg managed several social media
   accounts, flooding the Internet with pro-Putin commentary and doctored
   images that landed on Russian and Western news websites.

   In her lawsuit, Savchuk, who worked there for two months, seeks moral
   damages and demands the closure of the company, Internet Research,
   since the employees there did not have proper Russian employment
   contracts.
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