The Intercept reported in December 2022, "documents found in a trove of hacked emails from Russia state broadcaster VGTRK show that China and Russia have pledged to join forces in media content by inking cooperation agreements at the ministerial level." https://theintercept.com/2022/12/30/russia-china-news-media-agreement/
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- "A newly declassified American intelligence analysis says Russian spy agencies are using influence laundering techniques to hide the Kremlin’s involvement in cultivating pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine messages." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/us/politics/russia-intelligence-propaganda.html
- U.S. Citizens and Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Conspiring to Use U.S. Citizens as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government; Defendants Sought to Sow Discord, Spread Pro-Russia Propaganda and Interfere in Elections Within the United States" https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-citizens-and-russian-intelligence-officers-charged-conspiring-use-us-citizens-illegal
The Intercept reported in December 2022, "documents found in a trove of hacked emails from Russia state broadcaster VGTRK show that China and Russia have pledged to join forces in media content by inking cooperation agreements at the ministerial level." https://theintercept.com/2022/12/30/russia-china-news-media-agreement/
A recent Meta report shows the broad reach of a long-running Chinese influence campaign they call Spamouflage, which includes pro-Russian messaging: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/29/technology/meta-china-influence-campaign.html A March 2022 Brookings report also pointed out the close coordination in messaging between China and Russia on topics such as COVID and Russia's war on Ukraine: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/china-and-russia-are-joining-forces-to-spread-disinformation/