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But why use a VPN to appear from outside the country? Why not just use a VPN node within the US, so it's not obviously russian but still obscures your location? For that matter MAGA, who they're supporting, currently is in power and in the US there's nothing illegal about posting vile political rhetoric online. So there's no reason to not simply make up usernames and create a bunch of twitter accounts. You'd save a great deal of money and make yourself appear a great deal more credible if you just made yourself appear as though you were in the US, not in countries known for having whole industries centered around online astroturfing services.
Fair point but you could also ask why someone foreign wouldn't use a VPN to appear from inside the country.
I can think of a reason why you would want to hide your location even if you were in the US, the government in control now may not be in control forever and maybe the new gov will hold you accountable.
I think they don't use VPNs because they cost money.
From what I've seen most of these accounts were verified on X/Twitter, which is a paid subscription