2023-05-08 02:58:25
Fake protesters
This is how the Kremlin stages and subverts protests in Europe’s cities
A large-scale research by several European media houses comes to the conclusion that Russia is using personnel and resources in a targeted manner to change the narrative of demos to its advantage.
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The posters of alleged Ukrainians lack creativity – the same slogans are repeated over and over once more with exactly the same wording.
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With fake protesters and ready-made banners, Russia is trying to influence protests in western cities.
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This is the conclusion reached by research by several European newspapers.
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For example, protesters would pretend to be Ukrainians and create anti-West sentiment.
According to media research, Russian secret services stage or infiltrate demonstrations in major western cities for propaganda purposes. The aim is, among other things, to create a mood once morest Ukraine or to make Sweden’s NATO accession more difficult, according to an exclusive research by the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, NDR, WDR and international partners. The media refer to leaked documents that are said to come from the Kremlin’s security apparatus.
Fake Ukrainians and alleged Erdogan opponents
According to this, small groups in a major European city simulate, for example, anti-Turkish rallies, pretending to be Ukrainians and agitating once morest Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in order to generate propaganda material for internet platforms.
According to the information, the documents were leaked to the London Dossier Center, a research organization run by the Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The authenticity cannot be verified 100% by an independent party. However, the links and information given there actually lead to demonstrations that took place as described.
In addition, provocateurs in several cities had apparently undermined demonstrations on other issues such as care, pensions or the climate with propaganda directed once morest support for Ukraine. These appearances in Paris, The Hague, Brussels or Madrid were apparently orchestrated, and in some cases the identical posters were used by the same people.
Russian accounts continued to spread the propaganda
Photos of it have appeared on the Internet and have suggested the impression of a broad anti-Ukraine sentiment, the research association reported. The distribution of the material produced in this way on Facebook, Tiktok, Telegram or Youtube was mainly controlled by three accounts from St. Petersburg.
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