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Latvia Weekly: Pro-Kremlin Channels Mock Air Defenses
Following the crash of 19 Russian drones in Poland, pro-Kremlin Telegram channels criticised Latvia's defense preparations, using satirical imagery to mock the country's military capabilities while simultaneously portraying defensive measures as endangering civilians. The messaging employed contradictory narratives that frame Latvia as both militarily inadequate and dangerously aggressive, exploiting regional security concerns to undermine confidence in government policies.
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Latvia Weekly: Pro-Kremlin Channels Exploits School Language Transition
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels are targeting Latvia with inflammatory messaging that takes discussions about education in Latvian language and reframes them using extreme rhetoric and derogatory labels. The posts demonstrate how hostile narratives are constructed by taking real events and embedding them within provocative interpretive frameworks designed to foster negative perceptions of Latvian institutions among Russian-speaking audiences.
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Latvia Monthly: Alaska Summit Becomes Ammunition for Kremlin Propaganda
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels portrayed Baltic politicians as financially motivated puppets receiving daily instructions from Western embassies, while simultaneously characterizing NATO as both an incompetent defender and threatening aggressor. These narratives intensified following the Trump-Putin Alaska summit, which channels exploited to advance betrayal narratives and undermine Baltic confidence in Western security guarantees.
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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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