Moscow Times: Soldier in Russia's Troll Army Sues Her Ex-Employer
A former Internet "troll" who had been hired to promote political views online is suing her former employer in an attempt to draw attention to Russia's "information war" technologies, a news report said Friday.
The grounds for the lawsuit filed by Lyudmila Savchuk, which is expected to be heard by a St. Petersburg city court next month, is the employer's failure to provide any labor contract or other paperwork supporting her hiring and eventual dismissal, Kommersant reported.
Savchuk said she was fired after speaking to the media about her employer, Internet Research, which she described as part of Russia's "troll factory," according to the report.
Update: Russia steps up propaganda push with online "Kremlin trolls" -- AP
WNU Editor: When I am on Russian social media sites .... you can always spot the "troll" .... or at least most of the time. The sites that I go to are always the ones who state what is their personal opinion on a subject (at least that way I know where they stand), and those who identify their news sources .... a practice that I also employ for War News Updates.