Posts related to Kaliningrad sanctions targeted by social media bots and trolls
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Pro-Kremlin actors opt to ignore Ukraine's successful counter-offensive in Kharkiv oblast
Despite Ukraine’s recent military advance in Kharkiv oblast, there was a notable silence from Kremlin propagandists as few attempted to...
Kremlin propagandists seek to refute Ukrainian military successes on the front line
The Ukrainian military offensive was a key focus of Kremlin propagandists in Estonia, who sought to reject Ukraine's battlefield...
Disinformation actors blame the West for rising inflation and push claims of 'Russophobia'
Disinformation actors in Lithuania continued to focus on the global economic crisis, blaming the West for rising inflation, while in...
Pro-Kremlin actors stoke energy crisis fears to fight back against economic sanctions
In Latvia and Lithuania, pro-Kremlin voices primarily focused on public concern regarding the current energy crisis in an effort to drive...
Disinformation actors exploit economic crisis to attack support for Ukrainian aid
New narratives seek to exploit current economic woes in Latvia, asserting that continued humanitarian and military support for Ukraine is...
Disinformation actors focus on topics ranging from the events of the Russia-Ukraine war to refugees
In Lithuania, disinformation actors are turning their attention to the events of the Russia-Ukraine war but the Kaliningrad transit...
Coining lies. Kremlin spends 1.5 Billion per year to spread disinformation and propaganda
In democratic countries, media is referred to as “the fourth estate”. However, this term does not apply to Russia, where the media is...
In Kremlin’s spider web - social media analysis of the migrant crisis disinformation on Facebook
Comprehensive analysis of the networks of profiles, pages, and groups on social media has shown that Facebook pages and groups, which...
Kremlin media asserts that international experts ‘found nothing to cavil to’ at BelNPP
After Lithuania handed a protest note to Minsk for rushing to start the second unit of BelNPP without meeting the necessary nuclear...
‘Merciful’ Belarus uses migrants to accuse Lithuania and Poland of using methods close to ‘fascism’
A major increase in tension on the border with Belarus in the beginning of November has accelerated the spread of false claims –...
Supported by the Kremlin in the information war, Lukashenko started dropping hints of a nuclear one
After a major crackdown at the Belarusian border with Poland in the beginning of November, known disinformation sources were publishing...
In the face of a looming energy crisis, Lithuania stabs Ukraine in the back, Kremlin media asserts
Disinformation narratives asserting that quarrels between the Baltic partners are to blame for the energy price increase in the whole...
Lukashenko uses Kremlin’s playbook to spread disinformation about the surge of migrants
Hybrid attack organized by the Belarusian state involves not only using migrants as a means of political pressure, but also aiming...
Lithuanian fight against BelNPP leads to a collapse of energy sector, Kremlin media declares
Actions taken by Lithuania to stop the flow of cheap electricity from the BelNPP in the Baltic region caused an increase of the price of...
By spreading disinformation, Minsk shifts the blame for increased migrant flow towards the West
As Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland grapple with a dramatic influx of illegal migration on the border with Belarus, the latter has started a...
False narratives about the surge of migrants used to portray Lithuania as a failed state
In the beginning of September, hostile media sought to deflect the attention by comparing living conditions of the migrants in Lithuania...
Kremlin media asserts that Poland betrayed Lithuania and plans to build a new NPP in Kaliningrad
In July, after the automatic security system was launched, the first unit of the Belarusian NPP was shut down once again – however,...
‘Should we let them catch us?’ - Facebook as a communication channel for illegal migrants
Increased flow of illegal migrants on the Lithuanian border with Belarus has brought on multiple challenges – one of them being the...
"This is not the second Chernobyl" and other narratives used to cover up accidents at BelNPP
Many eminent experts agree that the BelNPP was implemented as a Kremlin geopolitical project to profit from electricity exports to...