{"id":5125,"date":"2016-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/kremlin-watch-monitor-july-25-2016\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:22:09","slug":"kremlin-watch-monitor-july-25-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/kremlin-watch-monitor-july-25-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin Watch Monitor July 25, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
Weekly monitor of pro-Kremlin disinformation effort in Europe. We follow best European analysts, best counter-measures and trends.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts in Europe<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0 \n \n Picture of the week<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Euromaidan Press published a comprehensive\u00a0guide<\/a>\u00a0to MH17 conspiracies.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \n Kremlin\u00a0Watch\u00a0reading suggestions<\/b><\/p>\n \u201c<\/b>The Possibility of Societal Destabilization in Latvia<\/a>\u201d; research undertaken by the National Defence Academy of Latvia in order to find out what the potential is for the application of non-military means in Latvia to achieve goals which are hostile to the state.<\/b><\/p>\n There are two distinct divisions in Latvian society, specifically within the ethnic structure and the estrangement between society and the state. Russia’s Compatriot\u00a0Policyattempts to use this to Russia’s advantage, helps ethnic Russians maintain their connection with Russia, and tries to discredit the state of Latvia by describing the economic situation as \u201ccatastrophic.\u201d Different groups in the Latvian society support those narratives on different levels but no group is immune to them.<\/p>\n Although there are differences in political views between the Latvian and the Russian speaking residents of Latvia \u2013 and Russian speakers tend to be more pro-Russian \u2013 still about half of Latvia’s Russian speakers and non-citizens do not support Russia’s narratives. Regardless of the first language, there is a high dissatisfaction with political and economic situation in Latvia. Furthermore, due \u00a0to the low level of political activism, the possibility of mass protests and broad active support for provocations started by Russia remains unlikely.<\/p>\n \u00a0The impact of Russia’s media, however, has an influence on the Russian speaking audience, while the media content in Latvian language does not reach almost half of them. The communication with Russian citizens should be strengthened including an explanation of Latvia’s\u00a0policies\u00a0in the EU and NATO context. It is important to focus on the Latvian media space, providing Latvia’s media broadcasts throughout the country, and expanding and improving its content.<\/p>\n \n Euroatlantic Experts on Disinformation Warfare<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Current state of pro-Kremlin scene in the Czech Republic<\/b><\/p>\n \n \u00a0\n
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