Sayyara Mammadova
Sayyara Mammadova is a research assistant at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. She also serves as an independent external assessor for the International Fact-Checking Network, where she evaluates the applications of fact-checking organizations. Mammadova uses open-source investigative techniques to uncover information operations. She led the creation of an open-source project called TG Collector, which helps researchers facilitate Telegram based investigations. Prior to the DFRLab, Mammadova worked as a fact checker in Turkey where she reported mis- and disinformation.
December 2023
Documenting equipment losses from the 2023 Wagner mutiny
The DFRLab revisits Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed insurrection against the Russian military, six months ago this week
November 2023
Russian War Report: Pro-Kremlin surrogates accuse the US of using ‘climate weapons’ in Crimea
Following a severe storm in the Black Sea heavily impacted Crimea, pro-Kremlin sources circulated a conspiracy suggesting the US used a weather weapon.
September 2023
Russian media spread rumors accusing Baltic states of drone attack
Unsupported claims from Russian media and Telegram blamed Latvia and Estonia for perpetrating August 29 attack on Pskov airport
