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Thu, Dec 04, 2025 by Martinš Hiršs

Latvia Monthly: Pro-Kremlin Narratives Undermine Baltic Sovereignty

Domestic opposition populist politicians disseminated narratives of institutional persecution and Latvia being undemocratic. At the same time pro-Kremlin channels systematically inverted geopolitical responsibility, reframing Russian military threats as defensive responses to Baltic aggression and portraying NATO membership as hidden subjugation. Together, these narratives construct an alternative reality designed to delegitimize Baltic institutions, weaken NATO cohesion, and normalize Russian regional dominance by suggesting resistance is both futile and illegitimate.

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June 23rd - June 29th, 2025 by Dmitri Teperik and Artur Aukon

Estonia Weekly: NATO Summit Fuels Kremlin Disinformation

Pro-Kremlin voices on social media depicted NATO as aggressive and divided, criticizing Baltic defence moves and mocking Western leadership. In Estonia, Russian-speaking groups amplified nuclear tensions and spread false claims about EU opposition to Ukraine’s membership to support Kremlin narratives.

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March 3rd - March 9th, 2025 by Martinš Hiršs

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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February 10th - February 16th, 2025 by Martinš Hiršs

Latvia Weekly: Kremlin Propaganda Spins Trump-Putin Call

Following the Trump-Putin telephone conversation, Kremlin-aligned Telegram channels celebrated by pushing narratives that portrayed Russia as an ascendant power in direct dialogue with the US, while depicting the EU and Baltic states as increasingly irrelevant and desperate. Their messaging combined ridicule with threatening undertones.

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