WaPo: โ€œAccounts pushing Kremlin propaganda are using #Twitterโ€™s new paid verification system to appear more prominently on the platform, another sign that Elon #Muskโ€™s takeover is accelerating the spread of #misinformation, a nonprofit research group has found.โ€ #Russia https://t.co/2dMb4cjCrd
Russian propagandists are buying Twitter blue-check verifications

As the Ukraine war enters its second year, the presence of accounts pushing Russian propaganda on Twitter has skyrocketed.

The Washington Post
@GottaLaff people are still going to give that traitor the benefit of a doubt, aren't they? But by now that makes them complicit.
@Lazarou Benefit of the doubt how? All Iโ€™ve seen is criticism.
@GottaLaff on the other site, in the Media, not here obviously.
@Lazarou I still havenโ€™t seen support of him, other than from fascists. I guess Iโ€™m not paying attention?