OSINT

Final Assignment: The Russian Troll Factory

Background:
You may refer to the following articles about the Russian Troll Factory: 
1. Clarissa Ward, Katie Polglase, Sebastian Shukla, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, “How Russian election meddling is back before 2020 vote,” CNN, last modified April 11, 2020, https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/12/world/russia-ghana-troll-farms-2020-ward/index.html.  
2. Neil MacFarquhar, Inside the Russian Troll Factory: Zombies and a Breakneck Pace, The New York Time, published February 18, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-troll-factory.html.
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    3    4    Inside the Russian Troll Factory: Zombies and a Breakneck Pace – The New York TimesA view of a business center in St. Petersburg that is believed to house the troll factory that meddled in the 2016 presidential campaign in the United States.www.nytimes.com
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1.     6    NBC News, Inside A Russian Troll Factory | Think | NBC News, video, 4:19, Jun 27, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw6Jy5MeLZo.  

Instructions:
Kindly investigate the Russian Troll Factory, focusing on its structure, aims and operations, and try to identify potential targets for further investigation and monitoring. Define a strong research question that will guide your research, and use various types of WEBINT sources for data collection (kindly cite all references).

Format:
The report should include an executive summary, a body (if needed, kindly split to different chapters) and a conclusion. Do not forget to include a brief introduction as a part of the executive summary and highlight the main insights of the report in the conclusion section.

Pages: 3-5 pages.  
Fonts: David/Arial/Times New Roman
Font size: 16 main title, 14 sub-title, 12 text..