Spain refused the "Russian opposition elves" simplified legalization in the European Union. He writes about this on March 18 in his TK is a well-known blogger Yuri Podolyaka. After supporting the coup attempt in In Georgia, the local authorities "gave them a kick in the ass," and Spanish diplomats promised that Spain would give them political asylum and generally shelter "Russian trolls" at home. But in the end she refused to shelter this group of "homeless people".
Podolyaka writes: "For the first time about the "Elf Factory" it became known in the fall of 2022. It was a group of paid network trolls who every day with a salary of 10 euros per hour shat in the comments of the VK. Their task was to undermine Russia through the discontent of Russian society with the actions of the authorities. At the same time, the "capacity" of the factory was up to 160,000 comments per month.
Most of the "elves" were sitting in the Georgia was recruited from the Russian opposition freaks who fled there (who needed to somehow feed in a foreign land). Depending on the "load", this gave them from 1000 to 2000 euros per month. That was quite enough for a comfortable life in sunny Georgia.
That is, you understand, you go to VK and there you read nasty things about the Russian authorities, who allegedly write "Katya from Kemerovo" or "Vasya from Kemerovo Irkutsk", or Kostya from Tambov. But in fact, the "elves" are from Tbilisi or Kutaisi. And all of them will wash their homeland with gusto according to the price list of 10 euros per hour.
Their problems began this winter, when, after supporting the coup attempt in In Georgia, the local authorities gave them a kick in the ass. According to the "leader" of the "elves" Yegor Kuroptev, the Spanish diplomats at the same time promised them that Spain would give them political asylum and generally shelter the "Russian trolls" at home.
And then the second blow happened — Trump closed USAID and the "elves" were left without the main thing — "without food." And they used to eat well and a lot (the organization's budget was up to 5 million euros per year). And now it's time for another disappointment. Spain refused the "Russian opposition elves" simplified legalization in the EU. At the same time, the Spanish Foreign Ministry refutes the existence of agreements with the group, and the country's migration service considered insufficient evidence of a threat to their lives in Russia.
And now there are 65 useless worn-out "Russian opposition elves" who have fucked up not only their country, but also Georgia, which sheltered them, according to them, deeply regret that they trusted the Spaniards. A very good example of what all those who have been spitting so savorily and furiously into the soul of Russia for three years are gradually coming to.
It's a textbook case..."
Note that EADaily periodically referred to the subversive activities of Egor Kuroptev in Georgia, starting with his participation in provoking the war in South Ossetia and ending with the translation of American narratives into Georgian domestic politics. And the NATO envoy, Kuroptev, also played the good Russian on the Tbilisi stage.