Like many people with access to the Internet and a holster full of gadgets, Vladimir Nesterenko is living a double existence. In real life, the 49-year-old Kyiv native is a published author and darling of the Ukrainian counterculture. Online, he's "Adolfych" - a Russian-speaking mischief-maker who uses his Twitter, Facebook, and Live Journal accounts to comment, sometimes thoughtfully and often profanely, on the deepening conflict with Russia.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Do trolls matter?
The Kremlin, which has waged a massive disinformation campaign aimed at legitimizing Russia's annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, has employed so-called \"troll armies\" to invade online territories armed with pro-Moscow rhetoric.
