LYING PUTIN'S CELEBRITY PSYCH OUT

Using bots to pretend stars support his war

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DESPERATE Russian despot Vladimir Putin has unleashed an online army of social media bots to put lies in the mouths of celebrities in a ham-fisted bid to convince citizens of the Western world and his own faltering followers -to abandon their support of war-torn Ukraine, experts dish.

More than 28 months after the dictator's troops invaded their neighboring country, sources sneer the peeved president ordered a vast propaganda campaign, which falsely attributes cringe-worthy pro-Russian statements to stars such as Friends beauty Jennifer Aniston, Maleficent movie witch Angelina Jolie, pop legend Elton John, soccer stud Lionel Messi and Black Widow's Scarlett Johansson!