In other ways, the websites are poorly constructed, even incomplete in parts. The “about” page for the Miami Chronicle, for example, is filled with Lorem ipsum, the Latin-based dummy text.
This could also imply laziness.
Russian IP addresses dont mean shit either, IPs are easy to spoof.
I see no mention of Dougan in the article itself.
Some of images on the site have file names from the original Russian
This is the most ‘convincing’ one but not very solid evidence either.
Regardless, what matters the most is that no one cares about this stupid site. If its propaganda, its the laziest type of it.
The purpose is not to fool a discerning reader into diving deeper into the website, let alone subscribing, Mr. Linvill said. The goal instead is to lend an aura of credibility to posts on social media spreading the disinformation.