{"id":5120,"date":"2016-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/kremlin-watch-monitor-june-27-2016\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:22:09","slug":"kremlin-watch-monitor-june-27-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/kremlin-watch-monitor-june-27-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin Watch Monitor June 27, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
HOW RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA PORTRAYS EUROPEAN LEADERS<\/b><\/p>\n
Data-based study on how Russian media portray European leaders in last two years. Over 60 million articles in Russian-language media have been analysed.<\/p>\n
You can read the study\u00a0ZDE<\/a>.<\/p>\n FULL-SCALE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE TO HOSTILE DISINFORMATION OPERATIONS<\/b><\/p>\n 50-measure complex European strategy for countering Kremlin-orchestrated disinformation efforts which was developed during last four months after consultations with over three dozen of European security and intelligence experts.<\/p>\n You can read the strategy\u00a0ZDE<\/a>.<\/p>\n Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts in Europe<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 Kremlin Watch reading suggestions<\/b><\/p>\n \u201c<\/b>Threats of Russian Hard and Soft Power in Georgia<\/a>\u201d; by the\u00a0European Initiative \u2013 Liberal Academy Tbilisi<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Significant part of the Georgian population is not content with the performance of the government and the sympathies for the opposition party are not particularly high either. Together with social-economic difficulties, the country is becoming a fertile ground for the pro-Russian media and NGOs which represent an important part of the Russian systemic efforts to influence Georgia’s foreign policy inclinations. Therefore it is important that certain measures are taken, especially in the areas like a constructive election environment, support to the independent media including the Russian-speaking ones, monitoring and auditing of party financing, prevention of radical confrontation or polarization of the public, financial transparency standards for the civil society organizations or representation of ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201c<\/b>The solution to Russian propaganda is not EU or NATO propaganda but advanced social science to understand and mitigate its effect in targeted populations<\/a>\u201d, by Steve Tatham from the\u00a0National Defence Academy in Latvia<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Countering of Russian disinformation campaign can only be successful if we manage to correctly understand the target audiences of the propaganda machinery. There are many angles of how to do that but the research of target audience is often criticised for being insufficient despite being necessary to determine the particular solution which could be used. There is already some progress being made, especially in the case of NATO StratCom team activity. In future, among other things it is important to conduct public opinion polls and research concerning the mentality and thinking of specific social groups, to initiate deeper cooperation of the EU, NATO and the Western countries in the area of financing of social research and to further stress the professionalization of the staff working in institutions like the EU and NATO in order to react more swiftly to current situations and problems.<\/p>\n Tweet of the week:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Current state of pro-Kremlin scene in the Czech Republic<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 Infographic of the week<\/b><\/p>\n Not only Russian disinformation campaign is willing to use myths to advance its own agenda.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\n
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