Hollywood plays unwitting Cameo in Kremlin plot to discredit Zelensky

An unknown pro-Russia influence group exploited Cameo to pay U.S. celebrities to record personalized videos for a “Vladimir,” which were then edited and distributed on Russian social media to insinuate President Zelensky’s drug addiction; the effort was amplified by spoofed mainstream media videos and bot farms, with activity accelerating in summer 2023 and noted by Microsoft as likely to intensify alongside broader conflict-related operations.