Twitter accounts with links to Russia’s government and its intelligence agencies have targeted Canada and its leaders in more than 300 tweets meant to “disrupt democratic processes, discredit elected officials, and polarize societies” on the social media platform, according to Twitter.
Between 2009 and 2021, a total of 327 tweets targeting Canada and Canadian politicians were posted from 101 accounts with close ties to the Russian government, GRU Russian Military Intelligence, and the Internet Research Agency (IRA). Twitter has since deleted those tweets and accounts.
