The Influence of Russian Disinformation on Visegrad Group Countries
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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