TUA Research
@TUA_Research · Worldwide · joined 30 Oct 2023
O/CSINT group countering pro-Russian propaganda. Published in Kyiv Independent, WSJ, WaPo, WELT, Dagens Nyheter, YLE, Daily Mail, U24M and more. DMs open.
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The UK's most popular pro-Russian party has received, in two donations from two crypto billionaires, more money than was spent in the entire 2024 election campaign for every party combined.
Democracy for sale.
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A reminder to journalists that our DMs are open, and we also have Signal.
If you are writing about something that we have written about then it is worth reaching out for more info.
We always know more than we publish, we never ask for anything more than being credited.
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Our research into the TrackaNaziMerc Telegram channel was mentioned in this article by Intelligence Online about one of the main members of the TaNM doxxing group; Frenchman Nicolas Cinquini.
https://t.co/vPpyQnvLmY
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Worth remembering the times that Sarah Bils - the Catholic and American founder of @DD_Geopolitics - pretended to be a Russian identifying Jewish girl from "Donbass"
She has always been anti-Semitic as well as anti-Ukraine. She still is now, even while posing as a "News Company"
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Designated terrorists, fascist book clubs, an American Sgt., a pro-Ru TUA fan, a reporter and even a real Ukrainian Nazi, plus a couple more vatniks identified - in part two we take a look at what RWA fundraise for, and whom they collaborate and socialise with.
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@TUA_Research @RWApodcast Fantastic work, as always!
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@LindaHourani Finally, as the RWA boys say themselves, getting their accounts banned doesn’t help much on the frontline, so please donate to a worthy pro-Ukrainian cause such as this one.
https://t.co/yUNfT1Mfyw https://t.co/WKLnarElI9
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This thread is only part of the story, we recommend everyone read the Kyiv Independent article and follow the great investigative journalist behind it @LindaHourani
https://t.co/P9KhWIWiuL
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Our investigation unveiled an odd couple unable to make normal friends or be anything other than constant outsiders, using the collective narcissism of being pro-Z to compensate for their undermined sense of social inclusion and self-worth.
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We have enough dirt on these guys (and their wives Daria and Maria) pro-Russian, pro-war activities that we could write 3-4 threads, and maybe we will some day. But this thread is already too long.
Perhaps we will do a part two soon, if there is still a need for it.
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It is surprising that other platforms in the West, such as @Spotify , @ApplePodcasts , @Substack and @X have not yet shut down their remaining accounts, considering they have previously used their platforms to break sanctions, fundraising for equipment to help kill Ukrainians.
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This may be great for their claims to be real Russian patriots, but it does raise questions about the legality of still being hosted by Western platforms, and their payments to the RWA boys.
Since being contacted by Kyiv Independent only Patreon has kicked their account. https:/
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Even in Russian media, Kirill lies about these collections, claiming he was raided by German police because he was reposting collections for "humanitarian aid".
Since when are rangefinders and shooting tripods for snipers "humanitarian aid"? https://t.co/otLM8cBfjq
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They're so supportive in fact that they have been collecting donations of behalf of sanctioned entities, including while Kirill was still living in Germany.
These include Milchakov's unit Rusich, known for torturing and executing PoWs, and the so called DPR People's Militia. ht
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It isn't as if the RWA boys closest military enlistment offices are hard to find either. In fact it is so easy we decided to help them find what they have somehow avoided since 2014, despite being fervent supporters of the war. https://t.co/pVCuEvGPJA
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Eldar also dreams of one day owning a house in Crimea, but like Kirill isn't prepared to actually do anything in order to fulfill his wishes.
It is almost like he doesn't know Russia is so desperate for dronefodder that they offer large signing up bonuses, *and* coffin money. h
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DiogenTV and Vendée merged to become RWA, and switched from a Russian audience to an English speaking one, presumably enticed by the thought of Western platform money.
Finally Eldar could use the English skills he picked up from having mostly online, English speaking friends. h
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In case it wasn't obvious, Eldar holds pretty similar views to Kirill.
He says that calling out racism etc. is culturally "zionist", and clearly thinks he is better at writing than he is.
Oh, and he likes to do Nazi salutes too. https://t.co/BLLObuRGJW
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Eldar meanwhile had been involved under the anonymous username "pigdog" with @akarlin and @warlockracy in their project ROGPR, aiming to bring US style alt-right discourse to a Russian audience.
For some reason Eldar originally chose the Twitter handle "LibertarianPedo". https:
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While ROGPR failed, it led Eldar to start DiogenTV (originally named Spermograd), with Kirill also appearing frequently, and they continued the concept of bringing American style messaging to a Russian audience, with guests including puppy eating Nazi Alexey Milchakov. https://t.
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Kirill has in fact long been a fan of the idea of a revolution in Russia against Putin, but dislikes the idea of actually doing anything about it. Perhaps this laissez-faire attitude has kept him from ending up like his old boss, who fell from a window after criticising Putin. ht
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Kirill is so driven by hate, he predicted the Russian Federation was bound to collapse into race riots - and that a revolution was needed to prevent this from happening by returning Russia to Russians, hoping to be lead by a neo-monarchy or CEO. https://t.co/fkk17oFveW
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This isn't empty edgelording, Kirill's email is secretly tied to a Russian white nationalist site White Forum. This website went down almost immediately after Kirill was contacted by Kyiv Independent.
88 also features in an old password to go along with the 14 words below. http
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Kirill's old TG account reveals he thinks people should not associate with "half-breeds", "half humans" and "Churks" - a broad insult for Asian, including Turkic, peoples.
Perhaps he doesn't know these insults seem to apply to his co-host Eldar Faridovich Orlov (Yamaltdinov)? ht
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There is a strange sort of irony here, as we traced Kirill's family tree back to multiple names that are uncommon in Russia outside of Jewish families, such as Abram and Samuel, suggesting that Kirill himself likely has Jewish heritage.
And yet he seems such a proud Nazi. https
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It seems Kirill proved his worthiness somehow, and ended up leading the society, before it was shut down due to it's members attacking students with Jewish heritage that is. https://t.co/U8Zfd2v2SP
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Perhaps Kirill thought adopting Nazism would help him fit in with the far right in Germany, where he was seen as not being "Aryan" enough to participate in a German fencing society - already known for it's anti-Semitism - at university in Heidelberg. https://t.co/cYKHCHBpCL
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Kirill's writing in Vendée is some of his worst, with faux intellectualism giving way to impotent hate.
After underachieving at school he was forced to read more, but this didn't give him the ability to think for himself, rather just to regurgitate the ideas of others. https://
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He claims this lead to him becoming inspired by the White movement of the Russian Civil War, but he seems to be mostly interested in the former Whites who actually fought for the Nazis during World War 2.
This hypocrite will still compare all Ukrainians to Bandera though. https:
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The RuNat split seems to originate with Kirill leaving far-right publication 'Sputnik i Pogrom', sabotaging it as he left to start his own publication, Vendée. This appears to be little more than a vessel for Kirill to complain about being called sexist, racist, homophobic etc. h
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Against accounts of the same size
4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.
Median views1 188this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %11.37%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %2.87%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 1 188 | 924 | 1.29× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 11.37% | 3.62% | 3.14× |
| Engagement rate | 2.87% | 1.52% | 1.89× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
15.8K6 Apr
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42.1K15 May
1.3K8 Sep
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1.1K12 Sep
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
2.30%6 Apr
2.27%
2.43%
3.18%
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2.64%
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4.89%
1.26%15 May
3.65%8 Sep
1.87%10 Sep
2.09%
5.89%12 Sep
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes90.4%10 678 in total
Reposts5.2%620 in total
Replies0.7%82 in total
Bookmarks3.7%438 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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