Russian web brigades, also called Russian trolls, Russian bots, RUbots, olgintsy, Kremlinbots, or Kremlin trolls, are state-sponsored anonymous Internet political commentators and trolls linked to the Russian government. Participants report that they are organized into teams and groups of commentators that participate in Russian and international political blogs and Internet forums using sockpuppets, social bots, and large-scale orchestrated trolling and disinformation campaigns to promote pro-Putin and pro-Russian propaganda, with an overtone of opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion, and of support for Russian imperialism.