Portal Kombat network of pro-Russian websites targeting Western audiences, 2023
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the Portal Kombat, or Pravda, network of websites spreading pro-Russian content about the war to Western audiences, documented by France's VIGINUM agency. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal compromise domestic / EU politics, target internet / Social media / News, location France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States; the dataset records it as running from June 2023 to 2023-12-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 June 2023
- Where
- France, France
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence SGDSN (French General Secretariat for Defence and National Security)
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Portal Kombat network of pro-Russian websites targeting Western audiences, 2023", ev-20261027-48qj, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-48qj/