Russia wants to manipulate the state elections:
According to security sources, Russia is attempting to influence the state elections in Germany with a ...
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Security agencies report Russian influence campaignSecurity sources say videos containing false allegations against politicians are circulating before the September elections.
- According to security sources, Russian disinformation videos seek to discredit politicians and parties that are not friendly toward Russia, with all parties except AfD and BSW reportedly affected.
- The sources put the number of such videos in the low hundreds; they carry German media logos and are distributed, among other channels, via X, although many have already been deleted.
- New state parliaments are scheduled to be elected in Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin in September.
- The Federal Interior Ministry says the videos currently have no broad online reach but are neither harmless nor risk-free.
The best protection against such attempts at influence is a resilient population with media literacy that questions what is fed into the timeline, does not take it at face value, but remains critical.— Sebastian Hille, deputy government spokesperson; quoted in the ntv.de report on Russian disinformation campaigns
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