The Influence of Russian Disinformation on Visegrad Group Countries

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?
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).

Disinformation and Democracy: Navigating the 2023 Political Landscape in Central and Eastern Europe
The year 2023 is marked as a political year in history. The agenda for 2023 features various countries including Poland and Slovakia gearing up for crucial elections, poised to respond to both domestic and external pressures. After the round of elections in China, Spain, and Turkey, citizens’ willingness to preserve the status quo has found ground in society.

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.

Disarming Disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe
Disinformation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) remains an enduring and concerning phenomenon, sparking discussions within academia and the political arena.
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.