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UPDATED Oct 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM ET
Oct 9, 2026 at 6:07 AM ET
Antibot4navalny says chart tracks Yandex web crawlers
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Antibot4navalny said a chart circulating online measures automated requests from Yandex web crawlers, not Russian social-media disinformation bots. The chart reflects Yandex-based traffic, while Cloudflare data showed overall Russian bot activity remained largely unchanged around the data-center attacks.
WHO: Antibot4navalny
WHAT: Antibot4navalny said the chart measures automated Yandex web-crawler requests, not social-media bot activity.
WHEN: Reported Oct 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM ET
WHERE: Russia
WHY: Antibot4navalny said the chart measures Yandex crawler requests, which are commonly used to index websites and provide customer-service support.
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