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December 23rd - December 29th, 2024 | Week 69 | Month 16

Lithuania Weekly: Festive Season, Same Agenda

Amid the festive Christmas season, Kremlin-aligned media in Lithuania continued its routine of targeting the government with a broad range of criticisms. This week, YouTube videos dominated the conversation, mocking politicians and questioning the country's sovereignty. Popular narratives included claims of an "Earthquake in the ruling coalition," an "avalanche of government secrets," and skepticism over Lithuania’s energy independence. These narratives aimed to undermine trust in the government and reinforce doubts about national progress and independence.

by Urtė Andriukaitytė
Vilnius Winter
Main channels: Youtube channels, Facebook pages

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Main narratives:

  • General anti-government sentiments;
  • Discrediting Ukraine and its effort to win the war;
  • Anti-support for Ukraine.

Overview:

As the festive Christmas mood tried to take over during this week, Kremlin-aligned media in Lithuania has not concentrated on any specific events but instead covered a wide variety of different topics. As usual, most of them were related to criticising the government. Based on the findings of the media monitoring tool, all of the most engaged posts during this reporting week were YouTube videos, and most of them were concentrated on mocking the government or specific politicians. Some videos were trying to find out “what is wrong with our country’s sovereignty”; others emphasised the “Earthquake in the ruling coalition” or claimed that the whole “avalanche of government secrets” was recently revealed. Attention was also drawn to Lithuania’s energy independence, mocking it and ensuring, that people are just simply being fooled about it and Lithuania will remain heavily dependent.

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