Russian influence operations on social media have received significant attention following the 2016 US presidential elections. Here, scholarship has largely focused on the covert strategies of the Russia-based Internet Research Agency and the overt strategies of Russia's largest international broadcaster RT (Russia Today). But since 2017, a number of new news media providers linked to the Russian state have emerged, and less research has focused on these channels and how they may support contemporary influence operations. We conduct a qualitative content analysis of 2,014 Facebook posts about the #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) protests in the United States over the summer of 2020 to comparatively examine the overt propaganda strategies of six Russian-linked news organizations—RT, Ruptly, Soapbox, In The NOW, Sputnik, and Redfish. We found that RT and Sputnik diverged in their framing of the BLM movement from the newer media properties. RT and Sputnik primarily produced negative coverage of the BLM movement, painting protestors as violent, or discussed the hypocrisy of racial justice in America. In contrast, newer media properties like In The NOW, Soapbox, and Redfish supported the BLM movement with clickbait-style videos highlighting racism in America. Video footage bearing the Ruptly brandmark appears in both traditional and new media properties, to illustrate, in real time, civil unrest across the US. By focusing on overt propaganda from the broad array of Russian-affiliated media, our data allows us to further understand the “full spectrum” and “counter-hegemonic” strategies at play in contemporary information operations.

2016 年美国总统大选后，俄罗斯在社交媒体上的影响力行动受到了极大关注。在这里，学术研究主要集中在俄罗斯互联网研究机构的秘密战略和俄罗斯最大的国际广播公司 RT（今日俄罗斯）的公开战略上。但自 2017 年以来，出现了许多与俄罗斯政府有关联的新新闻媒体提供商，而较少关注这些渠道以及它们如何支持当代影响力运作的研究。我们对 2014 条关于 2020 年夏季美国#BlackLivesMatter (BLM) 抗议活动的 Facebook 帖子进行了定性内容分析，以比较检查六家与俄罗斯有关的新闻机构（RT、Ruptly、Soapbox、In The）的公开宣传策略现在，人造卫星和红鱼。我们发现 RT 和 Sputnik 在他们对 BLM 运动的框架与较新的媒体属性不同。RT 和 Sputnik 主要对 BLM 运动进行负面报道，将抗议者描绘成暴力的，或讨论美国种族正义的虚伪。相比之下，In The NOW、Soapbox 和 Redfish 等较新的媒体资产通过点击诱饵式视频突出美国的种族主义，支持 BLM 运动。带有 Ruptly 品牌标志的视频片段出现在传统媒体和新媒体资产中，以实时展示美国各地的内乱。通过关注广泛的俄罗斯附属媒体的公开宣传，我们的数据使我们能够进一步了解当代信息作战中的“全方位”和“反霸权”战略。