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Russian bots boosted NATO critic ahead of Croatian election, researchers say
Russian bots launched a “pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign” on social media to support an anti-NATO Croatian presidential candidate, a group of
The Centre for Information Resilience, a London-based nonprofit exposing disinformation operations, published a report claiming “pro-Russian, anti-EU, and anti-NATO bot networks” worked to boost incumbent Croatian President Zoran Milanović ahead of the Dec. 29 first round of the country’s presidential election. According to CIR, accounts “featuring pro-Russian government imagery and hashtags” regularly posted content praising Milanović on social media, including X and Facebook, in “two waves”: After he voiced his opposition to sending Croatian troops to Ukraine, and after the first round of the election. The report comes hot on the heels of the shock victory of virtually unknown ultranationalist, pro-Russia candidate Călin Georgescu in the first round of Romania’s presidential election in late November.
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