Russian propaganda is 'overtaking' legitimate news in the Czech Republic

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Russian propaganda is 'overtaking' legitimate news in the Czech Republic  As Czech elections approach, disinformation has reached historic highs in the country, according to a study.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/01/russian-propaganda-is-overtaking-legitimate-news-in-the-czech-republic  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Russian propaganda is overtaking legitimate news in the Czech Republic.

00:07A new report claims that disinformation websites in the Czech Republic

00:11publish around 120 articles a day, outpacing its main reliable news outlets.

00:18Czech media company Voxpop teams up with an IT association called Druitt

00:23to analyse 360,000 publications across 16 platforms over the past 25 years.

00:30The investigation revealed that disinformation servers in the country

00:33churn out more articles every day than the largest Czech media houses,

00:38often doing so covertly with Russian money or funding from entities close to Russia.

00:43Voxpop said that roughly 10% of the articles were direct translations of pieces

00:48from state-owned and state-controlled Russian outlets such as Sputnik and RT

00:52or other websites linked to the Russian propaganda machine.

00:56The EU has banned these media platforms since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

01:02The report notes a common tactic that Russian propaganda campaigns often employ in Europe.

01:07As election time approaches, the amount of disinformation ramps up.

01:12The Czech Republic is due to hold its parliamentary elections in early October,

01:16and Voxpop says that around 4,000 misleading articles are published per month,

01:21the highest rate in history.

01:23Some of the misleading headlines include the supposed bankruptcy of Ukraine,

01:27allegations that Italian Prime Minister Georgia Maloney was spotted taking cocaine,

01:32and accusations that Brussels will interfere in the Czech elections.

01:36Ultimately, the goal of such headlines is to try and muster distrust in Western democracy and political leaders,

01:42and to try and generate a more positive public opinion towards Russia.

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