Information war monitor for Central Europe: Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets have a favourite French presidential candidate

Saturday, April 22, 2017 - 19:37 (EET) Section: The Central European Policy Institute (Slovakia)

By Lóránt Győri, Patrik Szicherle, Veronika Víchová, Daniel Milo, Katarína Klingová.The French presidential election is the main topic of discussions and one of the most important political events of the year 2017. Various public opinion polls and personal background information of the candidates are brought to light and presented on a daily basis. Automated bots, social media trolls and disinformation outlets focused their activities on France as well.Marine Le Pen’s visit to Moscow, her meeting with President Putin in March, as well as her party’s loan from a Moscow-based bank dating back to 2014, clearly indicate who is Moscow’s favourite …read more

Source: The Central European Policy Institute