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SouthFront
Russian state-linked, pro-Kremlin
SouthFront is a multilingual website registered in Russia and linked by U.S. authorities to the FSB, Russia's primary domestic intelligence agency. It covers military affairs and international conflicts with a consistently pro-Russian frame, and has been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury and banned from major social media platforms for spreading disinformation. Its posture toward the Trump administration is mixed — it promotes Russian foreign-policy interests, which sometimes align and sometimes conflict with U.S. positions under Trump's second term.
Owned byOpaque; no named owner or editors. The site is registered in Russia and based in Crimea. The U.S. Treasury has formally designated it as acting on behalf of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
LeaningRussian state-linked, pro-Kremlin
On the administrationmixed
8.5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun