9/24/21, 7:46 PM Investigation: A network of pro-military Facebook pages in Myanmar with Russian connections | by Aung Kaung Myat | annie lab | Medium In 2018, for example, the Ministry of Defense in Myanmar purchased Russian military equipment including fighter jets and sent its officers to military training in Russia. One Facebook page, “Sashalin.com — Myanma News,” has a Russian street address and a Russian phone number. Interestingly, two other pages, “Sun Thit Lwin — Daily news” and “Sun Thit Lwin — Myanma News,” share the same phone number without any address. “Myanmar Breaking News” has an administrator called “Aung Ko Kyaing” whose Facebook account says he currently lives in Moscow but studied at the Defense Services Technological Academy, one of the military academies in Myanmar. About section of Sashalin.com — Myanma News (left), Sun Thit Lwin Daily news (right above) and Sun Thit Lwin -Myanma News (right bottom) https://medium.com/annie-lab/investigation-a-network-of-pro-military-facebook-pages-in-myanmar-with-russian-connections-f6c15af3d26a 3/11