Main disinformation narratives:
- Anti-government
- Malign western influence
- Anti-LGBTQ
Overview:
This week draw most of the attention towards the education policy in Estonia, which provides, that teaching language in Estonia is Estonian language. This topic was also discussed in relation to the similar developments in Latvia, that also is taking place for some time. These developments are regarded as Russophobic and ultra nationalistic. Among the other topics were raised issue of the ban of the Estonian visas for the Russian citizens, which was regarded as a violation of the basic human rights, and politician Yana Toom elevated this issue on the level of the European Parliament. One of the authors utilized his Facebook account in spreading Chinese narrative towards Europe and USA. In summary, the narratives over this week suggested, that (1) Estonian ban of Visas for Russian citizens is a violation of the basic human rights, (2) the United States utilize disinformation as an instrument to hold its hegemony, (3) in Estonia prevails Russophobia in a massive scale – It is forbidden to be Russian in Estonia, while Ukraine agenda prevails and Ukraine flag is a Nazi Symbol and (3) This is a kind of a tragedy for kids of Russian minority to learn in Estonian language.
