The Influence of Russian Disinformation on Visegrad Group Countries
Granica polsko-białoruska: narracje Kremla i Mińska

Granica polsko-białoruska: narracje Kremla i Mińska

W obecnej sytuacji geopolitycznej, Polska jest w stanie nieustającej wojny hybrydowej z Federacją Rosyjską. Ten typ prowadzenia działań ofensywnych jest jednym z flagowych narzędzi w rękach Władimira Putina, przejawia się w dezinformowaniu dotyczącym sytuacji na granicy oraz jej instrumentalizacji, tak aby wpisywała się w prokremlowską politykę i przekaz.

The Polish-Belarusian Border: Russian and Belarusian Narratives

The Polish-Belarusian Border: Russian and Belarusian Narratives

In today’s geopolitical landscape, Poland is engaged in ongoing hybrid warfare with the Russian Federation. This kind of offensive operation is a cornerstone tactic for Vladimir Putin, involving spreading disinformation about the border situation and manipulating it to fit the pro-Kremlin policy and narrative.

Belarus Uses Fugitive Polish Judge to Sow Disinformation

Belarus Uses Fugitive Polish Judge to Sow Disinformation

The Belarusian propaganda machine has been exploiting Tomasz Szmydt, a high-ranking judge from a Warsaw administrative court, to produce and disseminate propaganda content. Through both media statements and social media posts, he propagates various Russian disinformation narratives––to enhance the image of Belarus and Russia while disparaging Poland and Western countries.

Disinformation in the Czech Republic (from): Foreign Perspective

Disinformation in the Czech Republic (from): Foreign Perspective

The Czech Republic has been confronting a significant challenge with the rise of disinformation, especially regarding critical international issues such as the war in Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and the circumstances surrounding the death of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

Disinformation Narratives in Czech Republic: Domestic Overview

Disinformation Narratives in Czech Republic: Domestic Overview

The Czech Republic has a long tradition of combatting Russian propaganda. “The Russians like to label everything Russian as Slavic, so that later they can label everything Slavic as Russian,” the great Czech writer Karel Havlicek Borovsky declared back in the nineteenth century.

Russian disinformation vs. parliamentary elections in Slovakia

Russian disinformation vs. parliamentary elections in Slovakia

National Council elections were held in Slovakia on 30 September, which were won by the national-left party Smer (23%). The election result meant that a collation had to be formed, as Smer received too few votes to govern alone. The mission to form a government was entrusted by Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová to Smer party leader Robert Fico, who was already in office. Smer has entered into a coalition agreement with the centre-left HLAS (Voice) and the nationalist Slovak National Party (SNS). The new governing coalition has 79 out of 150 seats in parliament.

Russian Disinformation War Against Poland After the Invasion of Ukraine

Russian Disinformation War Against Poland After the Invasion of Ukraine

Following the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the hybrid war waged by the Kremlin has gained in strength due to the solidarity opposition of both Central and Eastern European countries and the European Union. Poland, as a geographically close member of the North Atlantic Alliance and a strong ally of the Ukrainian side, has become the target of increased Russian disinformation attacks.

Russian Disinformation on Grain Crisis in Europe

Russian Disinformation on Grain Crisis in Europe

Representatives of Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary have met on Tuesday, September 5th in Brussels to discuss the matter of expiring, with September 15th, ban on Ukrainian grain import. Members of European Union still cannot reach a consensus regarding the grain issue, that is going to satisfy not only everyone in Europe, but also in Ukraine and the developing parts of the world.

Disinformation as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare at the Polish-Belarusian Border

Disinformation as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare at the Polish-Belarusian Border

The Belarusian or Eastern migration and border crisis is one of the biggest hybrid conflicts Central Europe has faced in the 21st century. Although the conflict has faded in the lights of the war in Ukraine since 2022, it remains a live crisis, with its unique challenges, and poses a constant security threat to the states involved and to the European Union as a whole.

Russian Disinformation about Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

Russian Disinformation about Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

Disinformation is a tool commonly used by Russia to achieve the strategic goals of foreign policy. Russian disinformation campaigns seek to reach many states, including Poland. Russian propaganda outlets spread a flurry of fake news concerning many topics, notably Ukrainian refugees who settled in Poland shortly after Moscow invaded Ukraine.

How are Russian and Chinese Disinformation in V4 countries different?

How are Russian and Chinese Disinformation in V4 countries different?

The use of disinformation to pursue foreign and domestic policy objectives is a recurrent topic that continues to echo across policy and academia. With the most recent developments in the war in Ukraine, disinformation has risen as a public issue in various political domains across Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in Visegrad countries or V4 (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia).

Russian Bear of Influence in Slovakia

Russian Bear of Influence in Slovakia

The penetration of pro-Kremlin propaganda narratives into the Slovak information space has been occurring since 2014, when the emphasis on deceptive narratives about the alleged oppression of the Russian minority in Ukraine, the Western political and societal decadency, or the allegedly strong background of the far right in Ukrainian society and politics, intensified.

The project was co-financed by The International Visegrad Fund

The project’s aim is to monitor the influence of russian disinformation in relation to the Visegrad Group countries – Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Actions to intesify cooperation and good neighborliness to consolidation relations in the social and institutional dimension between Visegard Group countries.

Partners:

Adapt Institute

Migration Research Institute

European Values Center for Security Policy

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