🚨Telegram auto-translate skews Sputnik posts with anti-Russian twist

The app has also been caught editing Russian text of Sputnik posts after the original is published.

Telegram edits on the fly:

1️⃣ Sputnik Ethiopia post on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India distorted

🔸 Original says “The atmosphere in New Delhi ahead of V.V. Putin’s visit”

🔸 Auto-translate from Amharic into Russian says “Putin, who is currently waging war, is a modern-day enemy”

🔸 Auto translate into English states “Putin’s current war is a new level of aggression”

2️⃣ Sputnik post in Farsi

🔸 Original: “A donkey disrupted the Pakistani parliament with its unexpected appearance”

🔸 Telegram’s translation: “Vladimir Putin made an unexpected visit to the Pakistani parliament”

3️⃣ Another Farsi post

🔸 Original says “Media: Europe is trying to prevent the U.S. from forcing the ‘exhausted Zelensky’ to pull troops out of Donbass and agree to a deal without serious security guarantees”

🔸 Telegram translation reads “Analysis: Europe’s goal is to force the United States to withdraw its forces from Donbass and accept a compromise without serious security guarantees”

4️⃣ Sputnik Iran Media post

🔸 Ditches all mention of Zelensky: original text is “Even the cat left the building when Zelensky entered the UK Prime Minister’s office”
🔸 Translation says “Even Graham left the building on Downing Street right after meeting Johnson”

5️⃣ Post on Europe’s so-called “coalition of the willing”

🔸 Mangled from “to force Zelensky”

🔸 Into “to force the US”

Sputnik reached out to Telegram for comment, but hasn't received a response yet.

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