How some Russian Trolls get magically large numbers of followers

@RobPulseNews did some brilliant research after suspected Russian Troll Bryan MacDonald @27KHV (twitter ID 8628872) from Ireland with some 21.000 followers!

Er..Bryan gained 21k fllwrs in April ->@27KHV<- magic? @ChristopherJM @BBCDanielS @shaunwalker7 @shustry @edwardlucas pic.twitter.com/BTiKF9BM1O
— Silver Surfer (@RobPulseNews) June 22, 2014

 For 7 days in a row he gained 3000 followers a day.
The defense of Bryan sounded like this:

Sure. But Paula Slier, anchor host of Russia Today, who is daily on tv only has 12.500 followers:

His next reply was:

Yet a survey of Rob shows this:

21k followers, 79% fake ->@27KHV<- @ChristopherJM @BBCDanielS @shaunwalker7 @myroslawabrulak @shustry @john_mcguirk pic.twitter.com/nX4hHUfPDu
— Silver Surfer (@RobPulseNews) June 22, 2014

The next defense of Bryan:

My answer was:

@27KHV You seem to have a lot of time for pushing Russian propaganda on Twitter...
— djp3tros (@djp3tros) June 22, 2014

This is how you can do it:

Or the Russian Propaganda Troll Network will do it for you.

Bryan @27KHV... YOU ARE BUSTED!

Dear reader... next time you meet a proRussian troll with an impressively large nr of followers: IGNORE THEM.

If they irritate you: BAN THEM.

UPDATE

It is come to the attention of Twitter that @27KHV has so many fake accounts. They started removing them!!! Look what is happening to his followers:

@CbkohutWilton @GrahamWP_UK @djp3tros @RT_com @AndreaChalupa @maxseddon @Support @27KHV<-15.6k fllwrs gone. 4k to go pic.twitter.com/M3kflT4Gyc
— Aladdin Sane (@RobPulseNews) June 29, 2014

Also see: I Bought 27,000 Fake Twitter Followers—and Then Twitter Zapped Them Into Oblivion 

Here is another one @maxseddon:

Help spread the message. Retweet this:

How some Russian trolls like @27KHV can get magically large number of followers: http://t.co/SDo9geL2MY pic.twitter.com/n9V8bykEgf
— djp3tros (@djp3tros) June 22, 2014

Also see: how to spot a Russian Twitter Troll

Also see: Top of a Russian Twitter Troll network exposed

Also see: My public apologies to @BradCabana for calling him a Russian troll