DISINFO: EU is a bigger threat to Europeans than “Russian propaganda”
SUMMARY
The European Union is a much bigger threat to the European idea than Russian propaganda
RESPONSE
The Russian Government acknowledges a relationship with and control over the media that is not comparable to the situation in Europe. Russian official military doctrine and the statements of Russian military leaders and ministers confirm that Russia engages in "information confrontation", "destabilising propaganda" and "false data", and that "the word, camera, photo and internet are all another type of weapon": . Pro-Kremlin journalists have been awarded "For Services to the Fatherland" for their misleading reporting in Crimea and Syria (300 hundred journalists were awarded medals) and in Syria.