KEY EVENTS:

• Pro-Kremlin narratives attempted to discredit the parliamentary elections in Hungary and Bulgaria
• FIMI outlets engaged in nuclear fearmongering
• Messaging claimed that EU financial support to Ukraine prolongs the war

Last week in review

Over the past week, pro-Kremlin information channels continued a months-long campaign targeting the 12 April elections in Hungary. The effort focused on discrediting the opposition party TISZA and its leader Péter Magyar, while accusing Ukraine and the EU of political destabilisation and election interference.

Following TISZA’s victory, pro-Kremlin actors are likely to continue targeting the TISZA party and the EU, continuing to deploy similar FIMI tactics in the foreseeable future.

This pattern extended beyond Hungary. Similar narratives – particularly claims of EU interference – were also used to target the upcoming parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, scheduled for the end of the week.

Beyond election-related messaging, Russia has pushed false allegations that the EU secretly developing nuclear weapons. Such narratives are part of a recurring strategy aimed at instilling fear and portraying Europe as a security threat.

Lastly, expectations that a change in the Hungarian government will unlock the 90 billion loan for Ukraine brought renewed attention to EU financial support. Pro-Kremlin outlets responded by promoting the claim that the package, critical for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s continued aggression, would...

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