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European elections
On 6-9 June, EU citizens will elect the members of the next European Parliament. Many other elections are also taking place this year, with almost half of the world’s voters making important decisions at the ballot box. Information manipulators see elections as an opportunity to advance their own goals by smearing leaders, exploit existing political issues, sow distrust and erode the credibility in the democratic system and its institutions. We observed their tactics in previous elections: Flood the infospace with falsehoods, leak stolen information, carry out disruptive cyberattacks, and many more.
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Disinformers play a long game and may use assets that have taken years to prepare. They want to weaken the EU and its member states, turn public opinion against supporting Ukraine and other democracies and divert attention from failure in their own authoritarian regimes, including suppression of independent voices.
At EUvsDisinfo, we know about foreign information manipulation and interference in the election context. We have been following different disinformation narratives, tactics, techniques and procedures for years. This section will shed light on some of them.
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New European Commission and the Kremlin’s envy and disdain
The incoming European Commission wants to militarise the EU and pursue Russia’s total defeat, according to Kremlin spin-doctors
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Let’s get nuclear!
The Kremlin's aging henchmen serve up casual nuclear bluffing, while pro-Kremlin actors aim to deplete and deceive fact-checkers and media organisations alike.
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Elections are battlefields for the Kremlin: Drag everyone down into the mud
Russian state and pro-Kremlin outlets try to paint a negative picture of Europe and the European elections to avoid uncomfortable comparisons with Russia’s own situation.
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Elections are battlefields for the Kremlin: Flooding the information space
Russian state and pro-Kremlin outlets try to flood information spaces with falsehoods to turn the public against Ukraine.
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Manipulated voices: Belarus’s disinformation targeting Lithuanian democracy
Amidst Lithuania's 2024 presidential elections, a Belarus-linked information manipulation campaign aimed to undermine candidates and erode public trust in the democratic process.
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Elections are battlefields for the Kremlin: Sow distrust and discontent
Russian state and pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets try to foment discontent inside EU Member States, exploit existing political issues and erode the credibility of the EU system.
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All the others are wrong!
The Kremlin is accusing Zelenskyy of a lack of legitimacy, the EU of censorship, and the ‘global elite’ of attempting to assassinate Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. The likely goal is to divert attention from the situation in Russia.
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Elections are battlefields for the Kremlin: Go after the leaders
Russian state and pro-Kremlin outlets have turned up a campaign to influence and manipulate elections to the European Parliament in June. One technique is to smear key leaders. Follow our series of articles ahead of the elections.
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Turning the war into a crusade
Moscow is doing all it can to ruin hopes for peace and build a crescendo ahead of Putin’s re-coronation on 7 May and the traditional WWII victory parade on 9 May.
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EU Elections Update: Reaping What Was Sown
Russia’s seeds of subversion, carefully planted and cultivated for over half a decade, have successfully taken root and are now thriving independently.
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Information Manipulation in Elections and Referenda: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation in Figures
Plant disinformation and amplify it – pro-Kremlin social media exploitation in figures.
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The St. Petersburg Troll Factory Targets Elections from Germany to the United States
The trolls have gained six years of experience in election interference. Now they are 10 million tweets wiser.
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Tackling Disinformation à la Française
Meddling in the 2017 French elections is a showcase of methods in the Kremlin playbook.
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“Ukraine will turn into a banana republic”: Ukrainian Elections on Russian TV
Read how pro-Kremlin disinformation targeted Ukrainian elections 2019.
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Chief Editor: RT is Like “a Defence Ministry”
RT (Russia Today) is capable of "conducting information war against the whole Western world" – RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.
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