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Lithuania Weekly: Drone Incident Used to Undermine Trust in National Defense and NATO
Pro-Kremlin media heavily exploited last week’s Belarusian drone incursion into Lithuanian airspace, mocking the government’s response and portraying security institutions as ineffective. Emergency alerts were framed as panic-inducing, while NATO was depicted as unable to defend Lithuanian territory. These narratives aimed to erode public trust and paint Lithuania as isolated and vulnerable.
Read moreLithuania Weekly: Kremlin-Aligned Outlets Fuel Panic Over Sovereignty and Security
In the past month, Kremlin-aligned media operating in Lithuania escalated disinformation efforts by amplifying fearmongering narratives about the country’s sovereignty, leadership, and defense readiness. Exploiting recent political scandals and military developments, these outlets pushed claims of imminent collapse, internal corruption, and NATO unreliability to erode public trust and sow doubt about Lithuania’s future.
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Disinformation Channel Exploits Pension Claims
The Antifascists of Pribaltics spread pro-Kremlin propaganda by portraying Latvia and other Baltic states as oppressive, Russophobic regimes, using distortion, sarcasm, and fabricated narratives. Its posts aimed to provoke outrage, glorify Russian power, and delegitimize Western institutions.
Read moreEstonia 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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