I recall reading some study of employees at the Internet Research Agency (Russia’s most well-known “troll farm”). Some of these employees were Russian liberals

I recall reading some study of employees at the Internet Research Agency (Russia’s most well-known “troll farm”). Some of these employees were Russian liberals and opposed to the regime, but hey, this was a paying job. Since they were not ideologically invested in their work and they knew that their siloviki backers had deep pockets and would keep throwing money at the agency regardless, they didn’t make any effort to sound very subtle or persuasive in their posting at all.