Disinfo: The Czech presidential candidate Jiří Dahoš says that if he does not win the presidential election, it will be a clear evidence of Russian meddling into the elections.

Summary

There is, allegedly, a high number of members of the Russian secret services in the Czech Republic, who influenced the parliamentary elections and will influence the presidential elections. The presidential candidate, Jiří Dahoš, says that if he does not win the presidential election, it will be clear evidence that he is right.

Disproof

Jiri Drahoš voiced concern that the Russian secret services could influence presidential elections through pro-Russian orientated media referring to the elections in the U.S., France and Germany. He never mentioned that if he does not win, it will prove that he is right. Although the Czech Security Services said there was no reasonable suspicion that the elections would be influenced, it highlighted in a yearbook from October that "the roles and intensity of the activities of the Russian secret service increased in the Czech Republic last year. They gathered particularly sensitive information from political sphere. Czech Republic was also affected by operations that were part of a campaign against targets such as Ukraine, the EU or NATO, and the Russian secret services have a good network of contacts in the country, which they are continuing to develop. " zpravy.idnes.cz/drahos-ovlivnovani-voleb-tajne-sluzby-dyj-/domaci.aspx?c=A171201_104818_domaci_linv, zpravy.idnes.cz/bis-cina-rusko-cizinec-islamsky-stat-terorismus-tajne-sluzby-p6p-/domaci.aspx?c=A171024_123250_domaci_fka, www.bis.cz/vyrocni-zprava16e1.html?ArticleID=1136,

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  • Reported in: Issue 90
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 02/12/2017
  • Outlet language(s) Czech
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: Czech Republic
  • Keywords: election meddling, Manipulated elections/referendum
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