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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...

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...

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,...

Gas wars. Clash between Nord Stream 2, Baltic Pipe and US LNG in pro-Kremlin disinformation

Pro-Kremlin media outlets present Nord Stream 2 projects as a gift for Europe, which will not survive without Russian support. They...

"COVID-19 is a tool for control" and other disinformation narratives escalate distrust in vaccines

Analysis of COVID-19 disinformation throughout the month of June has shown an increasingly present disinformation on social networks,...

“World saviours”: Russia leads the fight against COVID-19, Belarus provides Sputnik V to neighbors

In addition to the wide-spread network of propaganda channels, high level officials of the Kremlin regime often amplify disinformation...

President’s speech sparks allegations of discrimination of minorities in Estonian education system

On February 24th, president Kersti Kaljulaid gave a speech celebrating the 103rd anniversary of Estonian independence. Part of the speech...

Vassals of the West: tensions surrounding Navalny case provoke allegations of foreign interference

February continued the trends set in the beginning of the year, as major disinformation flow triggers included tensions around Alexey...

Expulsion of Russian diplomat and Estonian intelligence report fuelled disinformation in February

Throughout the month of February pro-Kremlin media focused on two disinformation narratives against Estonia: that the country is actively...

Baltics and Ukraine targeted for refusing Sputnik V, with social media amplifying false messages

With global COVID-19 vaccination programmes getting into the full swing, information regarding any shortcomings is used to push false and...

‘Non-existent Russian threat’ and suppression of free speech dominate the disinformation landscape

The year of 2021 has started with Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland increasingly targeted with allegations of human rights...

Alleged territorial claims and anti-Russian policies fuelled disinformation in Estonia

Throughout the month of January pro-Kremlin media focused on two disinformation narratives against Estonia: that it is making claims to...

2020 has ended with allegations of the Baltics meddling in Belarus and suppressing Russian media

In the last quarter of 2020, disinformation dynamics in the Baltic countries, especially in Lithuania, were majorly influenced by the...

Baltic countries and Poland face accusations of Russophobia and mishandling COVID-19

The end of 2020 witnessed the reach of disinformation targeting the Baltic countries and Poland growing rapidly. The alarming trend was...

Estonia accused of Russophobia and violating the rights of Russian journalists

Throughout the month of December pro-Kremlin media focused on two disinformation narratives against Estonia: Russian media is falsely...

'Aggressive' and 'breaking its promises': portrayal of NATO activities in the Baltics

Despite the focus of the media mostly falling on the COVID-19 pandemic, NATO remains one of the main topics discussed by Kremlin-related...

Kremlin-related media accuses the West for deliberately discrediting Russian vaccine

Continuous introduction of strict anti-COVID measures have spurred yet another wave of disinformation. False/misleading narratives are...

NATO drills, COVID-19 rules, alleged interference in Belarus used to target the Baltics and Poland

While the second wave of COVID-19 is raging, the pandemic still is at the core of false/misleading information targeting Lithuania,...