The Russian Bot Collapse Report: sources
Everything behind the tracker (65 sources): the reports feed, every credible source cited on the main page, background reading, and a separate list of sources cited with caution.
Reports
Newest first (12 items). Our monitoring adds headlines from major outlets automatically. "Checked" means our software fetched the full report and confirmed it supports its headline. "Reviewed" means an editor checked it against its source. "Auto" items have not been checked yet. Tap a label for our note. None of this is an endorsement. Our assessment is the rating on the main page.
- 12 Oct, 5:00 PM
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Our note: Polish news site Interia reports that NASK, Poland's state cybersecurity research institute, found no significant drop in monitored Russian disinformation accounts on X.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-13) - 12 Oct, 1:00 PM
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Our note: German business magazine Capital finds no data showing a drop in Russian bot activity; two research groups that monitor such accounts saw none.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 12 Oct, 8:31 AM
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Our note: Euronews finds the Cloudflare figures include search-engine crawlers and do not establish an effect on Kremlin-linked social-media bots.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 12 Oct, 8:01 AM
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Our note: Researchers who track Russian bot networks tell RFE/RL the chart measures automated web requests, not social-media bots.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 12 Oct, 6:48 AM
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Our note: The Independent finds Cloudflare's data shows automated traffic from Yandex's network collapsing, not a drop in bots that post on social media.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 12 Oct, 6:00 AM
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Our note: Czech news site Novinky.cz reports the viral AfD chart lacks a source; the MEP who shared it says he should have checked it more thoroughly.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 11 Oct, 11:34 PM
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Our note: The Verge reports the viral chart reflects Yandex's own web crawlers and that Russia-wide bot traffic looks normal.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 11 Oct, 10:10 AM
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Our software fetched the full report and confirmed it supports its headline. Not yet reviewed by an editor. (2026-10-12) - 11 Oct, 9:15 AM
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Caution: The Cloudflare figures are accurate, but they count automated web requests from Yandex's network, mostly its search crawler, not social-media bots.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 11 Oct, 5:00 AM
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Our note: Yandex says operations at its Vladimir data center were completely suspended.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 9 Oct, 8:00 AM
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Our note: Yandex says several modules at its Kaluga data center, its largest, were knocked out.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12) - 8 Oct, 8:00 AM
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Our note: The Sasovo data center, which houses two of Yandex's three AI supercomputers, suspended operations.An editor checked this report against its source. (2026-10-12)
Sources cited on the tracker
Every credible outside source linked from the main page (44), grouped by where it is cited.
Claims in circulation
What is actually known
What the numbers actually measure
The strongest case for an effect
What independent experts say
Why one strike is unlikely to silence Russia's online operations
Timeline
Key sources
Background reading
Analysis and documents we drew on that are not linked from the main page. Analysis pieces inform our questions; we cite facts to their primary sources.
Cited with caution
These are not independent evidence. We link them only as the record of a claim we examine, or of a party’s own position, and say why next to each one. Facts on the tracker come from the sources above.