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Military propaganda of the Lukashenka regime against Poland and NATO: Dangerous incitement of hatred

16/12/2024

iSANS, Belarusian Hajun

SUMMARY

iSANS systematically monitors various spheres of Belarusian politics, including propaganda, military activity, militarization of the education system, etc.

The analysis of informational influence campaigns ahead of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (2021-2022) revealed a pattern: propaganda serves as a marker of preparation for escalation, forming the rationale for the regime’s actions both domestically and in the international arena.

After significant strengthening of the alliance between Minsk and Moscow, the information agenda of A. Lukashenka’s regime became akin to the Russian one, adopting many of its features. In particular, it also began to demonize neighboring states, justify repression, authoritarianism, and militarization, and build the image of a “besieged fortress.”

This report presents the main elements of the regime’s propaganda, its language, and the mythology it creates. It focuses on anti-Polish and anti-NATO rhetoric, and manipulation through the migration crisis and history.

Global Crisis of Trust and Disinformation. Vulnerable Citizens and Societies during COVID-19

Olga Kevere, strategic director of iSANS

The global information, security and cooperation system has been successfully hacked, and it will need to be restored and seriously reformed to protect against influence operations.

The Illusion of Control

Russia’s Media Ecosystem and COVID-19 Propaganda Narratives

Olga Kevere, strategic director of iSANS

Russia now faces a full-fledged COVID-19 crisis at home. The Russian media are diverting attention from the domestic situation and therefore is not reporting on prison riots, outbreaks and lockdowns across the country.

Active Measures – the Belarusian narrative in Ukraine

18/06/2020

Maria Avdeeva, European Expert Association, iSANS expert

“…The Kremlin aspires to sow chaos and discord and advance its agenda in targeted nations, particularly in Europe and former Soviet republics such as the Baltics and Ukraine. To do this, Russia effectively combines decades of experience in propaganda and psychological warfare techniques with its vast media apparatus …” — House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Report on Russian Active Measures, March 22, 2018.

Belarus has always been of particular interest and strategic importance to Russia. At the time of the onset of open aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of Donbass and Crimea, Moscow launched an active offensive on the sovereignty of its ally in order to keep Minsk in the orbit of its domination, to “force integration”, and to exploit Belarus’s resources.

Russian Spring in the U.S.

Oleksandr DANYLYUK, Center for Defense Reforms

The unrest and riots that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s death is more evidence that a hybrid war is being waged against the United States, aimed at undermining its moral leadership. The war has a clear plan and intent but continues to go unnoticed in the U.S. While experts point out that Russia and China, through their official and covert tools on social media, are actively supporting the protests in the United States, only a few American politicians are timidly claiming the possibility of Russia’s involvement in the riots. The majority of observers remain silent.

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