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2025 Annual Report: Influence Campaigns in the Baltic States
This report was prepared using publicly available information sources and the YouScan media monitoring tool to systematically analyse and monitor media content across Lithuanian platforms that promote Kremlin-aligned narratives. The research encompassed the entire calendar year of 2025, spanning from January 1 to November 30. The analysis included a comprehensive review of various sources, such as websites, social media profiles, and communication channels. Throughout the study, YouScan identified and aggregated a large volume of content from the Baltic states, including posts, videos, articles, and comments. A significant portion of the analyzed data for all Baltic states is available on the Balticdisinfo.eu platform.
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Latvia Weekly: Kremlin-Aligned Channels Amplify Anti-Russian Narratives
Kremlin-aligned Telegram channels are systematically portraying Latvia as hostile towards its Russian-speaking population, amplifying inflammatory statements by public figures to create a narrative of increasing tension and potential conflict. These posts strategically cherry-pick incidents and statements to stoke division, presenting them as evidence of systematic discrimination and positioning the Russian-speaking population as victims of an aggressive, anti-Russian society.
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Latvia Weekly: Kremlin-Backed Disinformation Portrays Latvia as Aggressor
A narrative gaining significant traction in the Kremlin-aligned Telegram channel "Anti-fascists of Pribaltics" portrays Latvia as irrationally aggressive and fundamentally opposed to peace. This channel systematically ridicules Latvian officials, misrepresents NATO exercises as offensive preparations to delegitimize Baltic sovereignty and dismiss legitimate security concerns as paranoid and unfounded.
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Latvia Weekly: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Paints the Baltics as NATO Pawns
Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels systematically portray Baltic states as irrational "Russophobes" and Western puppets while threatening them with destruction. These channels employ historical revisionism, dehumanizing language, and claims of Western abandonment to undermine Baltic sovereignty and create divisions within NATO and the EU.
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