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.
RUSSIAN ELECTION MEDDLING
AND PRO-KREMLIN DISINFORMATION
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.
Russia’s seeds of subversion, carefully planted and cultivated for over half a decade, have successfully taken root and are now thriving independently.
Russia’s election meddling toolkit consists of ten key methods.
Plant disinformation and amplify it – pro-Kremlin social media exploitation in figures.
The trolls have gained six years of experience in election interference. Now they are 10 million tweets wiser.
Meddling in the 2017 French elections is a showcase of methods in the Kremlin playbook.
Nobody is immune to disinformation, but even though there are no vaccines, there are ways to become more aware and resilient.
Read how pro-Kremlin disinformation targeted Ukrainian elections 2019.
HAS IT HAPPENED BEFORE?
WHAT CAN YOU DO?