Media, Propaganda, and Politics:

Podium discussion

The annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine need to be considered against the backdrop of Russian hybrid warfare. Apart from “little green men” in Ukraine, media propaganda and the manipulation of public opinion have become a key strategy of Russia in dealing with EU member states. A fake story about refugees having raped Russian-German girl “Lisa” marks a new stage in this Russian media warfare: different groups living in the country are being used in order to weaken the credibility of the German state. How systematic is this strategy? How successful can it be? And how should the EU respond to this challenge?

Speakers:          

H.E. Linas Antanas Linkevičius
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Jakub Kalenský
East StratCom Task Force, EEAS

Colonel Aivar Jaeski
Deputy Director, NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Riga, Latvia

Hans-Peter Hinrichsen (tbc)
Head of Division 205, Federal Foreign Office

Chair:                   

Dr. Stefan Meister
Head of the Program on Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, DGAP

This event is organized by the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia and will be held in English. It is part of a series at the DGAP on Russian propaganda and non-military means of influence in Europe. The relevant publications regarding this project are available under https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/publications/dgapanalyse-compact/perception-and-exploitation