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Russia, Assange, Sputnik, And The Catalan Referendum
The following is by the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (@DFRLab) and was originally published on the group's Medium account
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Tensions are growing in Spain over plans by the north-eastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum on October 1. The Spanish government opposes the move and has vowed to prevent any vote.
In the run-up to the vote, Spanish media have reported that Russia is trying to interfere in the democrati