Efforts to counter Russian disinformation in Europe must be increased, MEPs have warned. "We are really in a state of war with Russia, by we I mean EU citizens,” Jaromir Stetina, a Czech centre-right MEP, said on January 31. "There are no bombs, tanks, missiles, but we are in a war, because this is a hybrid war, and disinformation is a part of this hybrid warfare." Stetina called for better resources for East StratCom, a counter-propaganda unit in the EU foreign service that employs just 11 people, most of whose contracts expire in August, and has no budget of its own.
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EU Urged to Step Up Fight Against Russian Counter-Propaganda
Efforts to counter Russian disinformation in Europe must be increased, MEPs have warned. "We are really in a state of war with Russia, by we I mean EU citizens,” Jaromir Stetina, a Czech centre-right MEP, said on...
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