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Latvia Weekly: Propaganda Portrays NATO Spending as Economic Suicide
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels are framing NATO's increased defense spending plans as economically self-destructive "hysteria" that will drive member nations into debt while cutting social programs, while simultaneously issuing direct military threats against Baltic states and dismissing their defenses as futile. The messaging exploits legitimate democratic debates about military spending and troop deployments to portray NATO as both an aggressive threat to Russia and an unreliable protector unable to defend its own members.
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Estonia Weekly: Kremlin Propaganda Exploits Drone Crash to Undermine NATO
When a drone crashed in Estonia, Kremlin-aligned commentators seized the opportunity to question NATO’s defences and portray Estonia and Ukraine negatively. Meanwhile, Russian-language social media platforms have amplified domestic debates over tax policy and a statistical error, presenting them as further evidence of the incompetence of the Estonian government.
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Latvia Weekly: Trump–Putin Meeting Used to Sow Doubt About Western Security Guarantees
In the aftermath of the Trump-Putin Alaska summit Pro-Kremlin Telegram framed European leaders as obstacles to peace while suggesting both Trump and Putin desire to end the Ukraine conflict. Monitored channels also used the occasion to label Baltic states as “puppets” and to mock NATO's military capabilities following a drone incident.
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Estonia Weekly: Kremlin Voices Exploit Refugee Relocation Debate
Pro-Kremlin commentators amplified two controversies in Estonia: claims that children were encouraged to shoot at caricatures resembling Russian soldiers during Independence Day celebrations, and criticism of the government’s stance on the EU refugee relocation scheme.
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