EU Braces for Election Amidst Russian Disinformation Campaign

The European Union’s disinformation-busting team last month debunked a Russian language propaganda video that said people were fleeing the dictatorship in EU member Poland and were seeking refuge in Belarus, a close ally of Moscow.

The story has been released to question the democratic credentials of Warsaw and the wider EU, says the company Starcom.

The very same company also claims that such kinds of videos are part of a larger Russian disinformation campaign that Europe is struggling with before polls from June 6-9.

“The video fitted the pattern, having been spread by Russian state media and pro-Kremlin elements, repackaged, including the translation, and spread among the EU audience,” said EU officials.

Russia has been accused of such instances in the past for waging disinformation campaigns in the US, the UK, and the EU during elections.

Although Moscow denies its usage, a US intelligence report has found that Moscow has been using spies, social media, and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in elections worldwide.

The EU capital has also seen a pre-election surge in disinformation, but its impact has been hard to gauge.

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