Kremlin bot campaign intensifies to quash Russian mobilization rumors

Pro-Kremlin bots on VKontakte sharply increased comments denying a new mobilization wave, from 579 in June to 7,100 in July and rising in August. The campaign uses three arguments, including 'if they wanted, they would have done it now,' to shape domestic narrative. This signals state-directed information operations to manage public anxiety over potential conscription.