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Ukrainians have long struggled with fake news from Russia, but last week, they discovered something even more insidious: a fake journalist.

The man was tall and dapper. He wore a dark suit and spoke with a French accent. When he met politicians in Kyiv, he introduced himself as Alex Werner, a reporter with the French newspaper Le Monde.

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