{"id":5445,"date":"2016-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/russias-information-war-in-central-europe-new-trends-and-counter-measures\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T12:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:27:58","slug":"russias-information-war-in-central-europe-new-trends-and-counter-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/russias-information-war-in-central-europe-new-trends-and-counter-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s information war in Central Europe: New trends and counter-measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main purpose of Russia\u2019s information campaign, as part of hybrid warfare, is to undermine its opponents. Rather than promoting Russia itself, it seeks to achieve gradual decomposition of the institutional framework and security architecture of Europe. The key targets of the Kremlin\u2019s divide et impera strategy in Central Europe have been the EU and NATO, as well as the United States. At the same time, the mass influx of disinformation often serves Russia directly, presenting it in a positive light at the local level, sometimes even depicting it in the role of the only rational actor, unrecognized or misunderstood peacemaker and saviour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This data report is published within the framework of the\u00a0<strong>GLOBSEC Policy Institute<\/strong> (GPI) Strategic Communication Initiative, which monitors, analyses and discloses Russian propaganda and its domestic actors in countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).\u00a0 In partnership with the\u00a0<strong>Political Capital Institute<\/strong> (Hungary) and <strong>European Values<\/strong> (Czech Republic).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanvalues.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/russias_information_war_in_central_europe.pdf\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4000 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europeanvalues.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Russia.jpg\" alt=\"russia\" width=\"350\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main purpose of Russia\u2019s information campaign, as part of hybrid warfare, is to undermine its opponents. Rather than promoting Russia itself, it seeks to achieve gradual decomposition of the institutional framework and security architecture of Europe. 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