r/europe • u/kyoukidotexe Europe • 3d ago

News Russia launches propaganda campaign in Europe “Russia is not my enemy”

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4028250-russia-launches-propaganda-campaign-in-europe-russia-is-not-my-enemy.html
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u/Mars_target Denmark 2d ago edited 2d ago

But it is.

Good, let them waste their money on this.

Edit: I see a lot of replies with people giving examples of russians doing this with success. I am from Denmark, and in my echo chamber, we are fairly united with a broad political coalition that sits heavy on the center. We are not vulnerable to Russia propaganda as much as in countries with powerful right-wing parties. We hate Russia and what they represent with a passion, and I think that is partially why we dont see a lot of influencing campaigns here because they know its a waste. But yes, it would be foolish to underestimate them.

More F16s to Ukraine!

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u/BulkyBumblebee Germany 2d ago

Unfortunately I'm not sure if it's actually wasted, seems to work on too many people...

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u/IndubitablyNerdy 2d ago

They also line the pocket of our far right parties that for some reasons, despite being nationalists (or cosplaying at being nationalists at least) are all super friedly to a foreign dictator that is invading an european nation and is threatening us on a daily basis... This also helps.

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u/BulkyBumblebee Germany 2d ago

It makes sense, they want to destabilize us as much as Putin does. I agree that their nationalism is just cosplay in that they don't actually care about what happens to our nations. At this point I think most of them just say anything to get power so that they can fill their own pockets, kinda like what's happening across the Atlantic.