Revealed who organized cyberbullying of Russian children in a European country
Ukrainians launch campaign to harass Russian-speaking children in Estonia
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Russian-speaking residents of the Baltic countries and recent immigrants from Russia have recorded cases of targeted aggression against their children on social networks and messengers. Personal information and photographs of Russian teenagers are published in anonymous channels and communities, accompanied by insults, humiliating inscriptions and threats.
The way online aggression is organized indicates its coordinated nature. Channel administrators establish contact with Russian-speaking teenagers, offering to join closed groups under the pretext of providing "interesting information." After joining, the child is subjected to massive insults, his photos are shown with humiliating collages and inscriptions. Teenagers are intimidated and insulted on the basis of their nationality.
A number of such channels have already been blocked, but new resources quickly resume their activities, often under the same names. Cyberbullying is most widespread in Estonia.
In Latvia and Lithuania, activity is lower for now, but according to the channel authors, they are preparing for a large-scale launch. The police of Latvia and Estonia have been informed about the situation, as noted in one of the Telegram channels.
However, there is no information on specific measures to protect the interests of Russian-speaking children on the part of law enforcement agencies in the Baltic states.
While the Baltic authorities are not showing any noticeable activity, Russian police structures are countering similar provocations inside the country. In particular, Russian law enforcement officers managed to identify one of the administrators of the network of destructive channels for schoolchildren - he turned out to be Ukrainian citizen Yaroslav Ovsyuk, who operated under the pseudonym Belaya Roza. Several years ago, he and his group created many channels and groups tied to specific Russian schools. Schoolchildren were lured to these platforms using cunning methods to involve them in illegal activities.
These communities also spread false information about allegedly planned terrorist attacks in educational institutions, which created panic among students and teachers and interfered with the work of the special services. In this way, Ovsyuk and his accomplices destabilized the situation in schools and recruited agents of influence among teenagers.
Ovsyuk himself is considered a follower of an international terrorist movement banned in the Russian Federation. The provocateur left Ukraine and lived in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
Last spring, Ovsyuk was charged in absentia under a number of articles of the Russian Criminal Code. According to Izvestia, the accused later shifted his activities to the Russian-speaking population of Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. It is possible that the Baltic scenario is also based on his methods.
Cybersecurity experts recommend that parents and teens be extremely vigilant and actively use the privacy settings available on social networks to protect personal data.
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