Russian government-backed organisations are amplifying conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon, raising concerns of interference in the November US election, academics who study QAnon said. The movement, launched in 2017 with anonymous web postings amplified by YouTube videos,

is popular among supporters of US president Donald Trump. It claims that Trump is working to bring down an international child sex-trafficking ring run by satanic global elites, including Hollywood celebrities and the “deep state”.

https://www.neweurope.eu/article/russian-backed-organisations-amplifying-qanon-conspiracy-theories-researchers-say/