Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Thousands of leaked internal files expose the Social Design Agency as a frontline tool for Russian hybrid warfare.
On paper, the firm looks like a standard PR agency. In reality, investigators have traced its operations to a coordinated effort to fake news stories, stage hate crimes, and flood the West with disinformation. The leaked documents reveal a calculated strategy designed to sow discord and manipulate public perception across Europe.
Investigative journalist Martin Laine examines the secret Kremlin playbook behind these operations. The reporting traces the chain of command directly to Vladimir Putin’s presidential administration, detailing how the agency executes false flag operations to destabilize foreign nations. This investigation provides a rare look at the mechanisms of modern propaganda and the state-sponsored actors behind them.
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CREDITS
Reporter: Martin Laine
Producer: Matt Sarnecki
Editing/Graphics: Sergiu Brega
Additional Camera: Erik Tikan
Fact Checking: Olena Goncharova
ARCHIVE & MEDIA
Kremlin.ru / Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation
(CC BY 4.0)
Office of the President of Ukraine (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
PublicDomainPictures.net (CC0)
France 24 / YouTube
United24 / YouTube
Music Generated with ElevenLabs
Thousands of leaked internal files expose the Social Design Agency as a frontline tool for Russian hybrid warfare.
On paper, the firm looks like a standard PR agency. In reality, investigators have traced its operations to a coordinated effort to fake news stories, stage hate crimes, and flood the West with disinformation. The leaked documents reveal a calculated strategy designed to sow discord and manipulate public perception across Europe.
Investigative journalist Martin Laine examines the secret Kremlin playbook behind these operations. The reporting traces the chain of command directly to Vladimir Putin’s presidential administration, detailing how the agency executes false flag operations to destabilize foreign nations. This investigation provides a rare look at the mechanisms of modern propaganda and the state-sponsored actors behind them.
Subscribe for more investigations into global corruption and geopolitical influence.
CREDITS
Reporter: Martin Laine
Producer: Matt Sarnecki
Editing/Graphics: Sergiu Brega
Additional Camera: Erik Tikan
Fact Checking: Olena Goncharova
ARCHIVE & MEDIA
Kremlin.ru / Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation
(CC BY 4.0)
Office of the President of Ukraine (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
PublicDomainPictures.net (CC0)
France 24 / YouTube
United24 / YouTube
Music Generated with ElevenLabs
