RUSSIAN DIGITAL FOOTPRINT IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
RUSSIAN DIGITAL FOOTPRINT IN THE WESTERN BALKANS

Author(s): Anđelka Rogač, Srđan Darmanović
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Communication studies, Security and defense, Fake News - Disinformation, Hybrid Warfare
Published by: CEDEM Centar za Demokratiju i Ljudska Prava
Keywords: RUSSIAN ; WESTERN BALKANS; NATO; Disinformation; hybrid warfare
Summary/Abstract: The publication in front of the readers was prepared as part of a NATO Public Diplomacy Division-supported project called “Disinformation - Fact CheckMate!”. Disinformation resilience can be understood as the adaptability of countries, societies, and individuals to resist political, economic, and social calculated pressures and lies spread in a variety of media formats, including television, radio, printed, online, and social media, with a view to influence political and economic choices, including the targeting of disadvantaged groups. That is why the main goal of this project is the strengthening of resilience of Montenegrin society to the spreading of fake news, as well as the increase in knowledge, awareness and understanding among the citizens of the manners to suppress disinformation, propaganda, hybrid threats and other hostile information activities. The project also aims to create information of lasting value in novel and unconventional methods that may be broadly circulated inside and outside NATO and civil society networks. The case in point here is disinformation activity of various state and non-state Russian and pro-Russian actors in the Western Balkans, as extraordinarily frequent activity of this type is developed in recent years as part of the so-called hybrid warfare strategy.

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