Report
Latvia Weekly: Disinformation Fuels Opposition to the Istanbul Convention
Ainars Šlesers of party Latvia First propagates false narratives claiming the Istanbul Convention promotes a “117 gender policy” and threatens traditional families, when the treaty actually focuses solely on preventing violence against women and domestic violence. He employs aggressive rhetoric against political opponents, repeatedly comparing Progressive party members to “Lenin,” sharing digitally altered images of them, and using terms like “gangsters” and accusations of “aggression” and “brainwashing” to delegitimize those who support the Convention.
Weekly Reports
Estonia Weekly: Russian orthodox church
This week’s posters focused on the Russian Orthodox Church in Estonia, and how with the government calling the church and patriarch a terrorist organization, they are calling all believers terrorists.
Read moreLatvia Weekly: EU membership and national security
In the examined week the predominant themes among the content examined included the national security conception which limits media in the Russian language, the visit by Ursula von der Leyen and the benefits of European Union membership.
Read moreEstonia Weekly: Vote of no confidence
This week most of the posts targeted Tallinn’s politicians, especially after the vote of no confidence and voting.
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Economic ties with Russia
In the examined week, the content, in comparison to prior weeks, was not strictly limited to domestic issues, including such topics as continuing certain economic ties with Russia, the drone attacks by Iran and migration to the European Union.
Read moreEstonia Weekly: Politicians refusal to borrow
This week most of the posts were focused on the economic issues in Estonia, how the current government is unable to govern well.
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Trade and Globalist agendas
In the examined week, the content primarily surrounded issues relating to the continued export and cooperation with Russia and Belarus and other narratives related to COVID-19 and lgbtq issues.
Read moreEstonia Weekly: Economic decline and price increases
This week, most of the posts focused on the economy and taxes saying that the continuous economic decline and price increases are caused by the growing tax prices and new taxes, as well as the politician’s incompetency with knowing how to help the economy that is in crisis.
Read moreLithuania Weekly: Anniversary of Lithuania’s membership in NATO
Over the past week, Kremlin-affiliated media in Lithuania saw the highest engagement with stories focused on domestic events. Lithuania celebrated a notable 20th anniversary as a NATO member during the reporting period;
Read moreLatvia Weekly: Trade and Globalist agendas
In the examined week, the content primarily surrounded domestic issues concerning trade with Russia and Belarus and corruption within the Latvian government, most notably the alleged wages paid in cash within the leading coalition party Jaunā Vienotība.
Read moreShowing 208 to 216 of 304 results
Don’t miss a story.
We publish stories that change laws, lives, minds and the world. Subscribe to our newsletter to get our investigations delivered to your inbox.