Russian Federation increases the pressure: which countries are most covered by misinformation – research

< img src = "/uploads/blogs/5a/1b/ib -freeqlvat_a499ea2a.jpg" Alt = "Russia increases pressure: which countries are most covered by misinformation - research"/> ~ < p >< strong > Russia systematically focuses on an audience that is susceptible to messages that undermine confidence in Western institutions, democracy and NATO. 62 < P > A new study of the Center for Information, Democracy and Citizenship at American University in Bulgaria has found key areas of the Russian misinformation campaign.

< P > This is referred to in the report on & nbsp; center site.

< p >Analysis of more than 640 thousand publications, posted on the Internet from December 2024 to March 2025, showed: 52% of all detected misinformation extends to the countries of the former USSR and the Balkan Peninsula.

~ ~ ~ ~ < P > Despite the relatively small population of these regions, they were the focus of attention of the Kremlin propaganda network called & laquo; truth & raquo;. According to the authors of the study, such concentration indicates the purposefulness and coordination of efforts. The study shows that Russia is systematically focused on audiences that are susceptible to messages that can undermine confidence in Western institutions, democracy and NATO.

~ < P > The leader in the number of misinformation publications per capita was Moldova. She is followed by Latvia and Estonia, closing the first three. All these countries are the post -Soviet republics that, according to analysts, makes them vulnerable both in information and political terms.

< p > Serbia and Armenia also hit the first five. Lithuania, Georgia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic have been in the top ten countries, where misinformation exited from the network & laquo; truth & raquo;.

is most often recorded. < p > Researchers say that activity & laquo; truths & raquo; It does not look random: most of the misinformation messages are aimed at increasing distrust of national governments, supporting the pro -Kremlin narratives and inciting internal political conflicts. In this context of the country with historical, cultural or political ties with Russia are particularly susceptible.

< P > According to the authors of the report, the fight against such campaigns requires not only technical solutions, but also an increase in media literacy of the population, especially in countries in the area of ​​special attention of Kremlin propaganda.

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