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LADY ANASTASIA

LADY ANASTASIA is a 47.55 m Motor Yacht, built in New Zealand by Sensation and delivered in 2001.

Her top speed is 23.0 kn, her cruising speed is 21.0 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 3900.0 nm at 11.0 kn, with power coming from two Caterpillar diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 12 guests in 5 staterooms, with 9 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 476.0 GT and a 9.02 m beam.

She was designed by Donald Starkey , who also designed the interior. Donald Starkey has designed 34 yachts and designed the interior of 57 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.

The naval architecture was developed by Sensation , who has architected 4 other superyachts in the BOAT Pro database - she is built with a Teak deck, a Aluminium hull, and GRP superstructure.

LADY ANASTASIA is in the top 10% by LOA in the world. She is one of 506 motor yachts in the 45-50m size range, and, compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her cruising speed is 5.52 kn above the average, and her top speed 4.25 kn above the average.

LADY ANASTASIA is currently sailing under the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag (along with a total of other 118 yachts). She is currently located at the superyacht marina Port Adriano, in Spain, where she has been located for 5 months. For more information regarding LADY ANASTASIA's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .

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• Name: LADY ANASTASIA
• Previous Names: ARIA
• Yacht Type: Motor Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Displacement
• Builder: Sensation
• Naval Architect: Sensation
• Exterior Designer: Donald Starkey
• Interior Designer: Donald Starkey

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Lady Anastasia

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Lady Anastasia is a custom motor yacht launched in 2001 by Sensation Yachts in Auckland, New Zealand.

Lady Anastasia measures 47.73 metres in length, with a max draft of 2.20 metres and a beam of 8.50 metres. She has a gross tonnage of 476 tonnes.

Lady Anastasia has an aluminium hull with an aluminium superstructure.

Her interior design is by Donald Starkey.

Lady Anastasia also features naval architecture by Ray Harvey.

Performance and Capabilities

Lady Anastasia has a top speed of 18.20 knots and a cruising speed of 12.50 knots. She is powered by a twin screw propulsion system.

Lady Anastasia has a fuel capacity of 80,000 litres.

She also has a range of 2,860 nautical miles.

Accommodation

Lady Anastasia accommodates up to 10 guests in 5 cabins. She also houses room for up to 9 crew members.

Other Specifications

Lady Anastasia has a hull NB of SY 14.

Lady Anastasia flies the flag of St Vincent and the Grenadines.

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‘Lady Anastasia’ is a 154.20ft  /47m  motor yacht built in 2001 by Sensation Yachts and last refitted in 2010. Previously named Aria, her interior is by Donald Starkey, and she is a great choice for your next charter vacation.

Lady Anastasia’s interior layout sleeps up to 10 guests in 5 rooms, including a master suite, 4 double cabins. She is also capable of carrying up to 11 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. Timeless styling, beautiful furnishings and sumptuous seating feature throughout to create an elegant and comfortable atmosphere.

You’ll find extensive entertainment and leisure facilities onboard, making her ideal for entertaining friends and family on your charter vacation. There’s ample space for enjoying an alfresco lunch or dinner on deck, or simply lounging in the sunshine and working on your tan.

She has a cruising speed of 13 knots, a maximum speed of 17 knots and a range of 2,606nm from 80,000litre fuel tanks, combining performance and style.

This impressive yacht comes complete with a modern stabilization system to reduce roll motion even during rough seas, and the yacht also has ‘at anchor stabilizers’ to keep things smooth even at anchor/zero speed.

A Jacuzzi on deck is just perfect for relaxing with friends and family, while taking in the breath-taking scenery after a long day of exploration.

Air conditioning keeps conditions comfortable throughout the cabins, even on the hottest of days or nights.

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A General Description of Motor Yacht ANASTASIA

This 76 m (248 ft) luxury yacht was constructed at Oceanco Yachts (Alblasserdam Yachtbuilding) in 2008. Motor Yacht ANASTASIA is a prominent superyacht. She could be considered a recent full displacement yacht. An exciting bonus of this amenity rich motor yacht is her heli deck. The naval architecture office which delivered the design for this ship is Oceanco & Azure and Sam Sorgiovanni. The interior design and styling is the brain child of Sam Sorgiovanni. Luxury yacht ANASTASIA is a quality yacht that is able to accommodate as many as 10 people on board and has around 20 professional crew.

The majestic motor yacht ANASTASIA won the award for the "Best Custom Yacht over 40 metres” at the 2008 World Yacht Trophies. ANASTASIA is widely reported to belong to famous wealthy Russian who named the yacht after his daughter.

Building & Design of Luxury Yacht ANASTASIA

Oceanco & Azure was the naval architect involved in the formal superyacht plans for ANASTASIA. Also the company Oceanco & Azure and Sam Sorgiovanni expertly collaborated on this project. Interior designer Sam Sorgiovanni was commissioned for the internal interior ambience. the Netherlands is the country that Oceanco Yachts (Alblasserdam Yachtbuilding) completed their new build motor yacht in. After her official launch in 2008 in Alblasserdam the boat was delivered on to the owner following sea trials and testing. The main hull was built out of steel. The motor yacht superstructure is fabricated extensively from aluminium. With a width of 13.47 metres or 44.19 feet ANASTASIA has beamy room. A deep draught of 3.86m (12.66ft) limits the number of ports she can visit, depending on their specific depth at low tide.

Engines & Speeds For M/Y ANASTASIA:

The 16V 4000 M90 engine installed in the motor yacht is produced by MTU. Her propulsion units are twin screw propellers. The main engine of the yacht generates 3650 horse power (or 2720 kilowatts). She is fitted with 2 engines. The combined output for the boat is thus 7300 HP or 5440 KW. With respect to stabalisers she uses Quantum Zero Speed 4 Fin.

With Superyacht ANASTASIA There is The Following Accommodation For Guest:

Apportioning room for a maximum of 10 yacht guests spending the night, the ANASTASIA accommodates everyone in luxury. Normally the vessel uses approximately 20 proficient crew members to maintain and sail.

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In October 2009 ANASTASIA traveled to Antibes, in France. This motor yacht has traveled the cruising ground near Département des Alpes-Maritimes during the month of October 2009. This OceAnco Motor Yacht enjoys the facility of a heli pad facility. This motor yacht has a teak deck.

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The luxury yacht ANASTASIA displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current.

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Fraser and Burgess sell M/Y Anastasia for €67.5 million

An experienced russian billionaire superyacht owner has sold one of his three oceanco builds….

The 75m motoryacht, Anastasia,  which was delivered by Oceanco in 2008, has been sold by Andrew Bond of Fraser and Burgess for a final asking price of €67.5 million – the largest brokerage sale of the year thus far. 

The Russian billionaire seller is a renowned Oceanco owner and also owns the 88.5m motoryachts, Nirvana   (2012) and Barbara (2017). All three boats are characterised by distinctive and relatively comparable navy hulls and exterior lines, which were penned by Sorgiovanni Designs.

Nirvana and Anastasia  both appeared on the brokerage market early in their lifecycles, but more notably, with very ambitious asking prices. In July 2012, Anastasia  was listed for sale at €125 million with Edmiston, and a mere two months later, Nirvana joined Edmiston’s sales fleet with an asking price of €230 million – well beyond any fair market value.

The owner withdrew the yachts from the market at later dates, however Anastasia returned to the market in 2017 with Fraser and Burgess, which slowly ratcheted up the marketing of the vessel over the course of the year before exhibiting her in the Monaco Yacht Show. She had a €7.5 million price drop to €67.5 million in February 2018, before exhibiting at The Superyacht Show in Barcelona in May, however she has now been confirmed as sold. 

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3 dead, 5 injured in evening boat crash north of Kingston

Crash happened on bobs lake after 9:30 p.m. saturday.

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Three people are dead and five others injured in what police are calling a "horrible" collision involving two boats on a lake north of Kingston, Ont. 

Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened in the Buck Bay area of Bobs Lake after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday. It involved "an open bow fishing-style boat" and a speedboat, they said.

Emergency crews from surrounding regions, along with the 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron out of CFB Trenton, responded to the call around 9:45 p.m.

OPP said two of those who died, a 21-year-old woman and a 23-year old man, were from South Frontenac Township. The third was a 22-year-old woman from Elginburg, Ont., just outside Kingston.

All three were pronounced dead at the scene, OPP said.

Five other people aged between 21 to 44 were taken to hospital in Kingston with a range of injuries. One of the patients was airlifted.

Police said they found other people at the scene who had been on the boats, but they didn't need to be hospitalized.

"It's a horrible situation. There were still people in the water when first responders arrived," OPP spokesperson Bill Dickson said in a video update on X .

Frontenac OPP are investigating with help from a collision reconstructionist and members of the technical collision investigation team.

Bobs Lake is about 70 kilometres north of Kingston. People have been asked to avoid the area.

'Very terrible, very tragic'

Anna McMillan was at home nearby when the crash happened, and said she'd never seen that many first responders descend on one place before in her life.

"I did not know what was going on [but I] figured it was something very terrible, very tragic," she said.

McMillan said she recognized the "very nice" speedboat involved in the crash, and that one of the boaters had tooted his horn and waved at her from the lake earlier that day.

"I hope he's OK. We don't know anything, really. But it's just tragic and sad how fast something like that can happen," she said. 

"It's a long weekend. It's supposed to be a happy time, a fun time. It's a beautiful, gorgeous day — but there's a damper on everything because of the incident. Just very sad."

OPP targeting road and water safety this May long weekend

The crash happened an hour after sunset, something boating instructor Craig Hamilton said increases safety risk. 

"When you're operating at night, certainly it's a lot harder to pick out images," he said.

"[Boaters] have to understand that it is not just their own lives, but it's the lives of other people that they're responsible for."

3 dead after long weekend boat crash in Ontario

With files from Isabel Harder, Natalia Goodwin and Camille Kasisi-Monet.

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WHEELS YACHT CHARTER

75.5m  /  247'8   oceanco   2008 / 2019.

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Special Features:

• Generous split-level owner's suite
• Dedicated 8-seater cinema room with bespoke surround sound
• Over 4,000 movies with Apple TV and Kaleidoscope
• Main salon that converts into a full disco with lights and smoke machines
• 360-degree observation area
• Swimming pool
• Vast RYA dive centre equipped with a huge array of toys
• Expansive sundeck with Jacuzzi
• Fully equipped air-conditioned gymnasium
• Massage room with dedicated onboard beauty therapist

Offering over 75 metres of timeless elegance, superyacht WHEELS sets unparalleled levels of luxury for her charter guests.

The super chic 247'8 / 75.5m custom motor yacht WHEELS (ex Anastasia) was built in 2008 by the esteemed Oceanco shipyard and has since been extensively refitted in 2022.

Exterior Design

Sporting an elegant silhouette courtesy of Sam Sorgiovanni and Oceanco, this striking five-deck yacht is tailor-made for relaxation and entertainment, with a wealth of amenities including vast sundeck with Canadian Jacuzzi, outdoor cinema and re-designed alfresco dining set up on her upper deck.

Interior Design

Showcasing a stunning Asian-inspired scheme with subtle Eastern motifs also by Sorgiovanni, the yacht plays host to a raft of interior spaces dedicated to socialising, with newly designed main and upper saloons, as well as a dedicated indoor movie theatre and wellness centre.

Guest Accommodation

She's a sophisticated motor yacht that offers a staggering seven decks of exceptional features for yacht charter guests to enjoy. From her luxe 8-seat cinema with a bespoke sound system to her mesmerizing 360 observation area on the top deck to her dazzling disco space (which the main salon and sundeck convert it) she provides endless entertainment onboard. Plus, she is fully-equipped with an excellent array of toys for thrilling adventures on the open waters.

This elegant superyacht comfortably accommodates 12 guests across 6 six rooms. The accommodations pièce de résistance is certainly the opulent split-level master suite on the bridge deck, complete with a mezzanine. Swathes of natural light flood this beautifully-appointed space, creating a supremely serene ambiance. Elsewhere, you'll find 2 VIP staterooms and 3 double cabins decorated in sumptuously neutral tones.

Her outdoor spaces equally delight yacht charterers thanks to extensive al-fresco dining and lounging spaces across a number of decks, plus a large Jacuzzi on the sundeck. Exquisite coastal living is what she's designed for, and certainly excels at.

Onboard Comfort & Entertainment

Keeping comfortable and entertained on Wheels is easy thanks to the available amenities, notably a dancefloor where you and your guests can celebrate in style. For those looking to unwind after a long day of exploration on the water, you will find a dedicated and comfortable movie theatre. Take a plunge in the pool under the sun and in addition maintain your fitness routine and work out in the well-equipped gym. Sit back with a glass of champagne in the deck jacuzzi.

Wheels benefits from some excellent features to improve your charter, notably satellite communications, keeping you connected on any voyage. Whether you want to work, use social media or stream movies on board this yacht, you can with Wi-Fi connectivity and in addition you can stay comfortable on board whatever the weather, with air conditioning during your charter.

Performance & Range

Built with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, she offers greater on-board space and is more stable when at anchor thanks to her full-displacement hull. Powered by twin MTU engines, she comfortably cruises at 15 knots, reaches a maximum speed of 18 knots with a range of up to 4,400 nautical miles from her 194,000 litre fuel tanks at 14 knots. An advanced stabilisation system on board reduces the side-to-side roll of the yacht and promises guests exceptional comfort levels at anchor or when underway.

Set against the backdrop of your chosen cruising ground, you and your guests can enjoy endless days of fun on the water with the exceptional collection of water toys and accessories aboard Wheels. Principle among these are Flyboards which is a must for any self-respecting thrill-seeker, prepare for supersize thrills - even beginners will enjoy the thrill of swooping skywards and ‘dolphining’ back into the water. Additionally, there are Hobie sailboats to bring out the explorer in you. Another excellent feature are waterslides bringing a sense of fun that all the family can enjoy. If that isn't enough Wheels also features Jet Skis, waverunners, waterskis, a Kite Surfer, a seabob and much more. When it comes to Tenders, Wheels has you covered - with four tenders, including a 9.5m/31'2" Vikal Sports Tender.

Why Charter Wheels

Well-provisioned with a whole host of entertainment features, water toys plus the ability to carry up to 22 crew onboard, she is particularly well-suited to a family yacht charter. Adults can kick back their feet if they so wish and soak up the rays, whilst dedicated staff will be on hand to keep a careful eye on young ones.

Based in the magical waters of the Mediterranean all year round Wheels is ready for your next luxury yacht charter. Let Wheels Discover the magical places, food and experiences of the the Mediterranean.

Showcasing meticulous craftsmanship coupled with high-end luxurious finishes, motor yacht Wheels certainly has the "wow" factor, along with state-of-the-art amenities and array of water toys, promising truly unforgettable yacht charters for even the most discerning guests.

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Stand Out Features

Impressive split-level Owner's suite

The luxuriously-appointed Owner's suite features an office and comfortable lounge, as well as a spacious sleeping area.

Transitional salon and nightclub

The vast main salon is a comfortable space to relax in by day and at night it can be converted into a spectacular nightclub, complete with lights and lasers.

Luxurious cinema room

Curl up in front of your favourite movie in the yacht's dedicated cinema suite, lavishly appointed with sumptuous armchairs, ultra high definition screen and full surround sound for the ultimate movie experience.

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Amenities & Entertainment

For your relaxation and entertainment Wheels has the following facilities, for more details please speak to your yacht charter broker.

Wheels is reported to be available to Charter with the following recreation facilities:

• 1 x 9.5m  /  31'2 Vikal Custom Sports Tender with 2 x 250 HP engines
• 1 x 9.2m  /  30'2 Chris Craft Limo Tender with 2 x 220 HP engines
• 1 x 8m  /  26'3 Mastercraft Watersport Tender 250 HP engine (waterski/wakeboard Tender)
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For a full list of all available amenities & entertainment facilities, or price to hire additional equipment please contact your broker.

Wheels Awards & Nominations

• World Yachts Trophies 2008 Best Custom Yacht (over 40m) Winner
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'Wheels' Charter Rates & Destinations

Summer Season

May - September

€790,000 p/week + expenses Approx $858,500

High Season

Cruising Regions

Mediterranean Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro

HOT SPOTS:   Amalfi Coast, Corsica, French Riviera, Ibiza, Mykonos, Sardinia, The Balearics

Winter Season

October - April

Mediterranean France, Italy, Malta, Monaco

HOT SPOTS:   Amalfi Coast, Corsica, French Riviera, Sardinia

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Music fans, have we got a new, totally infectious bop for you: "The Spark," a song created by a group of kids in Cork, Ireland. "I searched for my spark and I found it," they exuberantly sing over a vibrant techno beat. They let their rhymes fly, too: "Making bangers at a young age," one girl raps, "My pen setting fire to the page."

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"The Spark" was created by Rhyme Island, a youth rap initiative in Cork. The kids worked with a local producer named GMCBeats and The Kabin Studio, a music and creativity-focused nonprofit in the Knocknaheeny suburb of Cork.

They made the song in advance of Cruinniú na nÓg, an annual "national free day of creativity for young people" in Ireland. It features over 1,000 free events for kids and teenagers across Ireland, sponsored by the Irish government and supported by the Irish public broadcaster RTE. This year's Cruinniú na nÓg activities take place on Saturday, June 15.

Rhyme Island's video for "The Spark" was released by Creative Ireland , the Irish government initiative behind Cruinniú na nÓg. The video is just as cheery and wholesome as the song: The band of kids bounce down the aisle of a school bus and zip along a Cork sidewalk, decked out in colorful bucket hats and shades.

While "The Spark" does not yet seem to be available on digital platforms, Rhyme Island has a playlist of their other work on SoundCloud .

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Russian Disinformation Videos Smear Biden Ahead of U.S. Election

Many of the videos are trying to appeal to right-wing voters with fake messages about President Biden, experts say.

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By Julian E. Barnes and Steven Lee Myers

Julian Barnes, who covers U.S. intelligence agencies, and Steven Lee Myers, who covers misinformation, have been reporting on Russian efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election.

Last month, a video began circulating on social media purporting to tell the story of an internet troll farm in Kyiv targeting the American election.

Speaking in English with a Slavic accent, “Olesya” offers a first-person account of how she and her colleagues initially worked in support of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. Then, she says, after a visit by mysterious Americans who were “probably C.I.A.,” the group began sending messages to American audiences in support of President Biden.

“We were told our new target was the United States of America, especially the upcoming elections,” the woman in the video says. “Long story short, we were asked to do everything to prevent Donald Trump from winning the elections.”

The video is fake, part of an effort to cloud the political debate ahead of the U.S. elections.

U.S. officials say the video is consistent with Russian disinformation operations as internet warriors aligned with Russia appear to be honing their strategy. Some of the old tactics of 2016 or 2020 could be used again, with new refinements.

An analysis of the video done by U.S. intelligence agencies found that the voice of “Olesya” was synthetically generated, an intelligence official said Thursday, a potential sign of how Russian operatives are blending new techniques with old tactics.

While there has been much hand-wringing over the role that artificial intelligence could play this year in fooling voters, current and former officials said that videos were one of the most immediate threats.

Microsoft said the video featuring “Olesya” probably came from a group it calls Storm-1516, a collection of disinformation experts who now focus on creating videos they hope might go viral in America.

The group most likely includes veterans of the Internet Research Agency, a Kremlin-aligned troll farm that sought to influence the 2016 election. The agency was run by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner mercenary group who led a rebellion against the Kremlin and then was killed in a plane crash that American and allied officials believe was orchestrated by Russian intelligence agencies.

Microsoft said the group also included people associated with Valery Korovin, the figurehead of an obscure Moscow-based think tank called the Center for Geopolitical Expertise, a conservative organization affiliated with Aleksandr Dugin, an ultranationalist writer who faces U.S. sanctions for his role in recruiting fighters for the war.

Russian operatives are leaning into videos, many of them that falsely purport to be made by independent journalists or whistle-blowers. The videos, opposed to blog or social media posts, are more likely to spread beyond the conspiratorial fringes of America and become part of mainstream discourse.

On Wednesday afternoon, Avril D. Haines, the director of national intelligence, told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Russia was the most active threat to the coming election. Russia, she said, tries to erode trust in democratic institutions, exacerbate social divisions and undermine support for Ukraine.

“Russia relies on a vast multimedia influence apparatus, which consists of its intelligence services, cyberactors, state media proxies and social media trolls,” she said. “Moscow most likely views such operations as a means to tear down the United States.”

China has a sophisticated influence operation and is increasingly confident in its ability to affect election results, Ms. Haines said. But she added that the intelligence community assessed that China did not try to influence the 2020 presidential election, and that so far there was no information that China would be more active in this year’s contests.

Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia and the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said that adversaries had a greater incentive than ever to intervene in elections but that the public had too often treated such meddling “as trivial or quaint.”

Clint Watts, the general manager of Microsoft’s Threat Analysis Center, said pushing out written disinformation with bots was largely a waste of time — in 2024 it is disinformation video that has the best chance of spreading with American audiences.

The C.I.A. video, Mr. Watts said, was a classic Russian tactic: accuse your adversary of the very thing you are doing. “When they say there’s a troll farm operated by Zelensky in Ukraine going after the U.S. election, what they’re saying is this is what we’re doing,” Mr. Watts said.

Walter Trosin, a spokesman for the C.I.A., said the agency was not involved in the activities described in the video.

“This claim is patently false and precisely the type of disinformation that the intelligence community has long warned about,” Mr. Trosin said. “C.I.A. is a foreign-focused organization that takes our obligation to remain uninvolved in American politics and elections very seriously.”

At the Senate hearing, Ms. Haines praised the C.I.A. for calling out the video publicly, saying it was an example of how the government will identify disinformation by Russia or other countries during the current election.

Multiple groups in Russia push out disinformation aimed at America . In addition to the videos, researchers and government officials say, Russia has created a handful of fake American local news sites and is using them to push out Kremlin propaganda , interspersed with stories about crime, politics and culture.

Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, who retired from the Army this year and is the former director of the National Security Agency, said the best defense to Russian disinformation remained the same: identifying it and publicizing the propaganda push. The United States, he said, needs to expand its information sharing both domestically and around the world so people can identify, and discount, disinformation spread by Moscow.

“The great antidote to all of this is being able to shine a light on it,” said General Nakasone, who last week was named as the founding director of Vanderbilt University’s new Institute for National Defense and Global Security. “If they are trying to influence or interfere in our elections, we should make it as hard as possible for them.”

Some mainstream Republicans have already warned fellow lawmakers to be wary of repeating claims that originated in Russian disinformation or propaganda.

“We see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor,” Representative Michael R. Turner, an Ohio Republican who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on April 7.

Russia’s information warriors have pushed fake videos to spread lies about Ukraine , aimed at undermining its credibility or painting it as corrupt. Republican politicians opposed to sending more aid to Ukraine have repeated baseless allegations that Mr. Zelensky has tried through associates to buy a yacht, disinformation that first appeared on a video posted to YouTube and other social media sites.

Most of the videos produced by Storm-1516 fail to get traction. Others come close. A video pushed out on a Russian Telegram channel purported to show Ukrainian soldiers burning an effigy of Mr. Trump, blaming him for delays in aid shipments.

The video was highlighted on Alex Jones’s right-wing conspiracy site, InfoWars, and other English-language outlets. But it was quickly discounted — the purportedly Ukrainian soldiers had Russian accents and were masked.

“This campaign has been working to advance some of Russia’s key objectives, particularly that of portraying Ukraine as a corrupt, rogue state that cannot be trusted with Western aid,” Mr. Watts said.

Since last August, Microsoft has identified at least 30 videos produced by Storm-1516. The first ones were aimed at Ukraine. But others are trying to influence American politics by appealing to right-wing audiences with messages that Mr. Biden is benefiting from Ukrainian assistance.

Intelligence officials, lawmakers and security firms have warned about the use of artificial intelligence by China, Russia and other nation states intent on spreading disinformation. But so far, Russian groups like Storm-1516 have mostly avoided using A.I. tools, according to security firms.

“Many of the A.I. campaigns are easy to detect or unwind,” said Brian Murphy, the general manager of national security at Logically, which tracks disinformation. “A.I. is getting better, but it is still not at the stage this year wherein it is going to be used at the scale and with the quality some predict. Maybe in a year or so.”

Both government officials and outside experts, however, have said that A.I.-altered audio had proved more effective than altered videos. At the hearing on Wednesday, Ms. Haines highlighted a fake audio recording released in Slovakia two days before its parliamentary election. While quickly identified as fake, news and government agencies struggled to disclose the manipulation and the target of the fake recording lost a close election.

Outside experts have said that artificial intelligence has been used in some Russian propaganda videos to obscure accents. It is not clear exactly why a synthetic voice would have been used in the fake video of the C.I.A. troll farm.

But on Wednesday, Ms. Haines said artificial intelligence and other innovations “have enabled foreign influence actors to produce seemingly authentic and tailored messaging more efficiently at greater scale and with content adapted for different languages and cultures.”

For now, though, basic videos like the C.I.A. troll farm or yacht video that purport to have authentic narrators with access to exquisite information are the most prevalent threat.

In 2016, Russian-controlled propagandists could push out fake news articles or social media posts and, in some cases, have an impact. But now, those old techniques do not work.

“No one will pay attention to that nowadays,” Mr. Watts said. “You have to have a video form to really grab an American audience today, which 10 years ago was just not even technically that possible.”

Julian E. Barnes covers the U.S. intelligence agencies and international security matters for The Times. He has written about security issues for more than two decades. More about Julian E. Barnes

Steven Lee Myers covers misinformation and disinformation from San Francisco. Since joining The Times in 1989, he has reported from around the world, including Moscow, Baghdad, Beijing and Seoul. More about Steven Lee Myers

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