The study singles out the patterns of pro-Kremlin, anti-democratic messaging as informed by the similarities and differences in the topics, lines of narration, and journalistic- stylistic techniques of transmission of nationalist, anti-migrant, misogynist, and economically illiberal views since the intensification of Russia’s informa- tional warfare in 2014. [...] Moreover, emphasis is placed on specific facets of the Kremlin’s media strategy for fomenting popu- list sentiments, whereas the current report sets out to link and detail the un- derlying reasons for the similarities and differences in the dissemination of Kremlin-sponsored narratives, as well as the corresponding institutional and cultural factors shaping the resilience of responses to foreign d. [...] The timeframe of the con- tent analysis covers the period since 2014 – the year in which Moscow’s annexation of Crimea and military offensive in eastern Ukraine marked the intensification of Russia’s standoff with the West and the acceleration of the informational warfare waged on liberal democracies. [...] According to the Russian point of view, Russia has retained and embodies what are presented by the Kremlin as the “best” of European traditions of the 19th century animated by strong state authority, patriotism, family values, religion, and the conduct of in- ternational relations on the basis of the balance of power and spheres of influence.44 These postulates thus negate progressive European pri. [...] The plethora of recently announced and forthcoming EU ini- tiatives (most prominent among which are the European Democracy Action Plan, the Digital Services Act, and the Digital Market Act) demonstrate the growing recognition of the major steps that need to be taken to improve the health of the democratic information ecosystem: (co)regulation of tech- nological platforms (especially in terms of re.
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