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We noticed many errors in your recent infographic, @mfa_russia. Here, we fixed it for you. #StandWithUkraine #DebunkingFakes #DontBeDeceived
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🧵 2021 was quite a ride on the #disinformation rollercoaster and 2022 is looking to be no steadier. Over the next days, we’ll be bringing you our TOP🔟 stories from last year. Here it goes 👇.
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Pro-Kremlin TV insists that the Soviet occupation of Estonia never happened.
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The Kremlin keeps fabricating pretexts for its aggressive behaviour against #Ukraine, both on the ground and in the information sphere. We know this playbook and we will not be deceived.
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Russia is the leading global offender of foreign #disinfo influence operations around the world, accounting for a whopping 72% of total operations. Study by Princeton's @ESoConflict:
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The Kremlin has single-handedly chosen war over peace, launching a full scale invasion of Ukraine and bringing the 8-year-old war that it started to a new tragic low. #DontBeDeceived #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine
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Russia orchestrates sham 'referendums', yet another obscenity, in the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine. #DontBeDeceived by the grotesque farce about to unfold.
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Putin's speech celebrating Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine & the annexation of its lands was another telling example of #KremlinNewspeak. This is what he really means. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine
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Over 8 million Ukrainians died in fight against Nazism in WW2. Communist and Nazi propaganda is banned in Ukraine. Ukraine is governed by a democratic government. #DontBeDeceived #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine
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Blaming Poland for starting WW2 is part of a recurring pro-Kremlin #disinfo narrative. Here's an example:
Statement of Polish MFA on false narratives presented by the Russian Federation. Full text➡️
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A black day for media and free speech in Russia - anyone questioning the army, the militia or their activities could now face up to 15 years prison. Social media already blocked & international media begin suspending activity.
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Major 🇷🇺 media sites reportedly hacked:TASS, Kommersant, Izvestiya. "5300 Russian soldiers killed in 4 days in Ukraine. More than in the second Chechen war (1994–1996) .This messaged will be deleted & some of us will be fired or even imprisoned. But we can't stand this anymore".
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This is how France did it. Russian interference succeeded neither in interfering with the election nor in antagonizing French society. Read all the 15 lessons learned by @jeangene_vilmer @CSIS
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Despite the dramatic changes on the battlefield, the Kremlin deception and blatant lying stays constant. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine
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Russian students of journalism reacted with laughter when the top Kremlin propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov told them that their country is a global leader in freedom of speech.
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Today marks the 14th anniversary of the Russo-Georgian War waged back in 2008. We continue to record Russian #disinformation narratives targeting audiences both in #Georgia and elsewhere. In the thread below, we have collected some of the key disinformation narratives:
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Russia's horrific attacks on a number of civilian targets all across Ukraine were accompanied by a wave of disinformation online aimed to further intimidate and terrorise Ukrainian people. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine
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The Kremlin’s disinformation machine supports hostile operations abroad: since 2014 Russian state-controlled media have been disseminating #disinfo claims to undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty, discredit its government & invent a casus belli for armed aggression.
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For years, the Kremlin has engaged in Orwellian Newspeak, turning the meaning of everything upside down. In the front & center of it is the "special military operation" – an all-out attack on Ukraine w/ thousands of civilians dead, occupation & mass deportations. #KremlinNewspeak
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How to make a propaganda video: Sputnik Georgia edition.
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“Russian economy is booming”, “sanctions are not working” – we hear these claims every day. But how true are they? We take a closer look at Kremlin’s manipulative narratives to lift the veil over the actual state of Russian economy and impact of Western sanctions. #DontBeDeceived.
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Ukraine's successful counteroffensives have the pro-Kremlin disinformers on the ropes, struggling to find plausible excuses for Russia's failings on the battlefield. More in our latest #DisinfoReview:
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No real news in Putin's 9 May speech. Just repeating the 24 Feb tropes and lies for attack on #Ukraine. Here's how to decipher it 👇
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#PutinsWar in Ukraine 🇺🇦 is filthy and brutal, but it will not stop women fighting the lies and defending freedom. We stand with women and for their courage. #StandWithUkraine #IWD2022.
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The White Helmets have saved thousands of Syrian civilians from the rubble of bomb raids. But Russian state-controlled TV uses every occasion to attack the organisation, including sudden death of its co-founder.
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Using pregnant women to peddle pro-Kremlin war propaganda is beyond cynical, it's inhumane. Health is a human right and attacks on hospitals violate international law. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine
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As Russian missiles fall on Ukrainian cities, the Kremlin keeps denigrating Ukraine. Keywords "Nazi” & “genocide” continue to trend in the Russian state-controlled media.
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Pro-Kremlin outlets spread disinformation that #NATO is preparing for war with Russia. #DisinfoReview:
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7 commandments of Russian disinformation or how to create a perfect fake news story: @nytopinion video-series sheds light on Kremlin's tactics & tools @aellick
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Russia’s staged sham ‘referendums’ are an obscene and illegitimate attempt to annex Russian occupied territories in Ukraine. The falsified results of this gun-point farce will never be accepted. #DontBeDeceived
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Three things you should know about RT and Sputnik. Please share & let also others know!
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700 fakes in Serbian tabloids: praise Putin, invent wars, manipulate the audience. @Raskrikavanje investigation.
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Belarusian security forces are not alone with the migrants at the EU borders. Belarusian state-controlled TV & its Russian counterparts are there as well, to capitalise on images of human suffering & add a #disinfo component to this hybrid attack.
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"The purpose of the propaganda is for Putin to remain in power forever": Exclusive interview with Russian journalist Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of Boris Nemtsov, five years following her father's assassination.
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Last week, #Navalny & 11 people from his organisation received an extra administrative punishment: now listed by Russian authorities as “extremists/terrorists”. Aim: to scare Russian people from supporting Navalny’s fight against corruption. #FreeNavalny
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Read how Russian military intelligence officers created false online personas and websites to stage the release of stolen US election-related documents, pretending to be ‘American hacktivists’."
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Did you see the video of the woman who punishes men for #manspreading by pouring bleach on them? Did you share it? Did you know that In The Now is Kremlin propaganda?
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Russian “peace proposals” are nothing but a thinly veiled way of demanding Ukraine to surrender, give in to occupation, lose sovereignty & accept Russification. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine
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Though presenting themselves as publicly funded, transparent & editorially independent media outlets, RT & Sputnik are everything but. Their role in the Kremlin's #disinfo ecosystem is clearly profiled in a fresh report by the 🇺🇸 @StateDept/@ThinkAgain_DOS.
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An increasing number of foreign actors are willing to use #disinformation for their strategic goals. A fresh report of @disinfoEU exposes how Indian disinformation uses false identities of the EU and other International Organizations to further it's interests.
REVEALED: Indian Chronicles – how a massive 15-year influence operation successfully targeted the EU & UN with 750+ fake local media and 10+ zombie-NGOs. Executive Summary & full report: Here are the facts 👇 (1/n)
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Kremlin uses #disinformation about #energy as a weapon of manipulation to dissuade Europe from supporting Ukraine. Russia's war drives up energy costs, not Ukraine's resistance. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine️
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Unmasking Russia’s myths in #Africa: In 2019, Russia made a number of promises to African leaders. 4 years later, achievements are far from the promises. Regardless of where they go, one thing remains constant – they keep spreading lies. This is what Russia does. #DontBeDeceived
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People all over the planet rally in support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion. We salute the courage of Russians and Belarusians who show their solidarity and #StandWithUkraine despite the repressions they face. #PutinsWar
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5 years of lies: this is how pro-Kremlin disinformation has targeted #MH17 and the Joint International Investigation. The MH17 trial begins next week in The Hague.
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In memoriam Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in Russia 16 years ago. Her killing marked the acceleration of a sad trend of silencing voices from the Russian opposition, NGO activists and journalists, culminating in the war of aggression against Ukraine.
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Russia unleashed an “extensive” disinformation operation in Britain after the Salisbury spy attack, with thousands of suspected robotic accounts spreading doubt and conspiracy on the internet, officials believe.
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Russian state TV exploits the terror attack in New Zealand to spread disinformation.
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Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets are claiming that Europeans will freeze to death without Russian energy, trying to blackmail the EU into removing sanctions. #DontBeDeceived. The EU is prepared for the winter & will not falter in its support for Ukraine.
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Latest episode of our popular series "What does the disinformation machine say about your country?" Today: #Finland 📽️🔁Watch and share
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Do you know how the pro-Kremlin disinformation looks like? We have collected & debunked more than 4200 cases from more than 20 countries. Visit our database to find out:
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Six years after the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight #MH17 pro-Kremlin disinformation is grasping at straws.
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Ukraine has never produced, stockpiled or used chemical weapons. #DontBeDeceived #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine
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Russia has systematically peddled disinformation & hate speech to justify or even facilitate war crimes in Ukraine. The result – unimaginable suffering, death & destruction.
🇪🇺 From the first days of the war in 🇺🇦, 🇷🇺 has repeatedly violated international humanitarian law, called to protect civilians and minimise human suffering. There must be no impunity for atrocity crimes committed by 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦. #StandWithUkraine
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The Kremlin continues to use food exports as a weapon. Single, or a few grain ships a day leaving the Black Sea won't remove Russia's responsibility for growing food insecurity. #KremlinNewspeak.#FoodIsNotAWeapon - Stop #RussiaHungerGames #StandWithUkraine #DontBeDeceived
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Today marks the 8th anniversary of the downing of flight #MH17, a passenger plane carrying 298 people. Over the years, we've catalogued over 320 cases of pro-Kremlin disinformation on the incident and written a number of analyses. Here's a selection for you 🧵👇
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The shelling of Maternity Ward in Mariupol is a war crime. Top Russian officials confirm the targeting of the hospital, but claim it was a stronghold of “radicals”. They are lying.
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Roman Dobrokhotov won the 2019 European Press Prize Investigative Reporting Award for uncovering the Skripal case. In this exclusive interview, he shares his experience in challenging disinformation. The second article in our series of portraits.
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Our timeline of seven years of disinformation on #MH17 demonstrates how pro-Kremlin outlets first claimed that the flight had already been filled with dead bodies prior to take-off, evolving into stories blaming everyone but Russia for the tragedy: .
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Worship chaos! Super active Twitter accounts spread false narratives on violence during #GiletsJaunes protests. Study revealed by @thetimes proves links of 200 profiles to Russia.
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The latest propaganda spectacle disguised as an "interview" was heavily laden with #KremlinNewspeak.Here are just a few examples from Putin's carefully scripted out-pour of lies and #disinformation.#DontBeDeceived 👇
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The Kremlin has forbidden 🇷🇺 media to refer to the invasion of Ukraine as war. This is not only an attempt to hide the fact of aggression. If there's no war, there can be no war crimes. But hard facts can’t be washed away. The world is not that stupid.
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Day 50 of Russia's war in Ukraine: attempts to distract from war crimes in #Bucha, #Kramatorsk and elsewhere go hand in hand with a coordinated trolling campaign, that fuels the Kremlin's disinformation cycle of death and deceit.
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"Smile, you're occupied!" How Russia Beyond used a series of glossy pictures to whitewash the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States.
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"NATO is at war with Russia with the hands of Ukrainians." No, only in Russian propaganda. Read more about this and other examples of Kremlin #disinformation in our latest Disinformation Review:
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Russian state media continue their disinformation campaign against Alexei #Navalny, who has already spent one year in prison on politically motivated charges.
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From illegal annexation of Crimea & start of military aggression in 2014, the Kremlin has waged a sustained #disinformation campaign against #Ukraine. We debunked 7 of the most prevalent & dangerous myths related to current escalation at Ukraine's borders.
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The Russian Orthodox Church is active in almost 30 African countries and rapidly expanding. Find out how the church helps the Kremlin find allies and attack liberal democracy in this guest content by @olena_snigyr.
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Disinformation is a serious threat to democracy. But it can also be funny when those who try to manipulate audiences make mistakes and get exposed.
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The Kremlin's cycle of death and lies keeps spinning. But no amount of lies can hide Russia's #warcrimes. #Kremenchuk
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Kremlin-controlled media have told about Russian flags replacing EU flags in Italy and the Russian anthem sounding in the streets. A BBC investigation now looks into the facts behind these stories.
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May 1945 brought the end of #WWII in Europe, but it did not bring freedom to all of Europe. 75 years on, the history of WWII remains a major target of pro-Kremlin disinformation. Read more:
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#Disinfo with false claims that secret labs are developing bio-weapons has been peddled by the Kremlin propaganda ecosystem for years. Now also amplified by Chinese state affiliated media and recycled to justify #PutinsWar in Ukraine
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Russia said they would address security challenges in Africa. What they did was slaughter, torture and rape hundreds of civilians. What they say is not what you get. #DontBeDeceived.
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Investigation is still ongoing, but the Pro-Kremlin #disinformation outlets are already trying to spread confusion about the incident in #Przewodow. It's a tactic we have seem many times before. #DontBeDeceived
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Russia’s deliberate attacks on civilians in Ukraine are accompanied by #disinformation campaigns. #DontBeDeceived #StandWithUkraine️
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Here's how to navigate through the latest of the Kremlin's Newspeak. #DontBeDeceived and #StandWithUkraine 👇
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, lives depend on accurate and timely information. We have collected over 150 examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation about the coronavirus. Stay ahead. Stay aware.
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The Kremlin tries to portray Ukraine as the worst of villains by falsely accusing it of the worst of crimes - genocide. The volume of mentions of “genocide” in the pro-Kremlin media increased by over 500% in the past three months.
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Russian civil society continues to dismantle pro-Kremlin disinformation, using both laughter and journalistic investigations.
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Pro-Kremlin outlets are already spreading lies about the protests in #Georgia. No, they are not organized by the US, Soros or 'Foreign Agents'. It is the democratic expression of free will of the Georgian people. Something the Kremlin always fails to understand #DontBeDeceived
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Russian state TV uses disinformation to "prove" that the UK produces disinformation about events in Syria and Ukraine.
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“It’s a blessing to be a journalist in 🇺🇦, because you are on the right side of history,”@IAPonomarenko told EUvsDisinfo recently. It is thanks to him and many others, who endanger their lives, that we know what is really happening in Ukraine. 🇺🇦 honours the Journalists Day today
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The totalitarian censorship in Russia tightens once more labelling Meta as "extremist", yet the Kremlin's own #disinformation mouthpieces carry on using it.
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🧵 Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Ukraine has been in the front & centre of their efforts to dismiss, distort, distract & dismay. Over the next days, we’ll be bringing you our TOP7 stories on 🇷🇺 aggression against 🇺🇦. Here it goes 👇.
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Russian #disinfo once again projects the Kremlin's imperial ambitions onto others. No, Poland is not trying to annex Ukraine. Read the latest #DisinfoReview and #DontBeDeceived
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In 2019 Russia said they would double trade volume with Africa in five years. In reality, the trade volume barely changed. What they say is not what you get. #DontBeDeceived.
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Following the Russian massacre in Bucha, Poland was hit by a large-scale troll attack, including:.👉threatening emails to Polish decision-makers.👉spam attack on Polish media.👉amplification of messages about the Volyn massacre in WW2 on social media.
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Repetitiveness is a defining feature of pro-Kremlin disinformation, as it makes their lies sound more believable. Over the next weeks, we're bringing you an overview of five key narratives in pro-Kremlin disinfo. Narrative #1: the Elites v the People.
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Lithuania only applies European Union sanctions. Russia's accusations regarding the transit to #Kaliningrad are false. Pure propaganda.
Setting the record straight: facts about the #Kaliningrad transit:.✔️Land transit is neither stopped nor banned.✔️Transit of passengers & unsanctioned goods continues.✔️Lithuania only applies EU sanctions
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