Russia's SVR absorbed Prigozhin's disinformation apparatus and scaled it globally - "The Company" is now a state-run influence mercenary firm with $7.3M/10mo budget, coup-planning capabilities, and 98 operatives. The privatized troll farm has been re-nationalized under intelligence services.
The A7A5 stablecoin ($100B+ volume) and SVR-controlled disinformation network represent a template for other sanctioned states: crypto rails + influence ops = sovereignty without SWIFT. Directly relevant to anyone building onchain finance or AI systems that ingest web data.