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Lithuania Weekly: Pushing Doubt Over Trump and Defence Spending
This week, pro-Kremlin media in Lithuania framed Trump’s inauguration as a threat to Western unity, predicting instability for Ukraine and Lithuania. Lithuanian politicians were criticized as shortsighted, while the government’s plan to allocate 5–6% of GDP to defense was mocked, with claims it would strain other sectors.
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Latvia Weekly: COVID-19 Disinformation and Anti-Ukraine Sentiments
The main narrative concerned the claims of COVID-19 being a source of government oppression through mandatory vaccines which also doubles as corruption as too much funding is going to buying COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, the war in Ukraine was also referenced with the main narratives being related to corruption and mismanagement of financial resources. From the two most prominent topics, content relating to COVID-19 gained more overall engagement hence resulting in more COVID-19-related content creation.
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Estonia Weekly: Pro-Russia Sentiments, NATO Skepticism, and Free Speech Concerns
Issues of trade, NATO, Russian language, Estonian language policy, municipal politics and freedom of speech were covered this week in Estonian social media channels and websites. The main narratives were related to the importance of securing good trade relations with Russia, which is a key to Estonian business success. Also, the reliability of NATO was questioned in the narrative over the upcoming exercises. Reforms in Estonian education policy sparked comments on how it will relate to Russian language use in Estonia, while recent legislation that would prevent hate speech was marked as an end of the freedom of speech in Estonia.
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