Authoritarians on a Media Offensive in the Midst of War

AUTHORITARIANS ON A MEDIA OFFENSIVE IN THE MIDST OF WAR The Informational Influence of Russia, China, Turkey, Iran and the Gulf States in Southeast Europe MEDIA PROGRAMME SEE Authoritarians on a Media Offensive in the Midst of War The Informational Influence of Russia, China, Turkey, Iran and the Gulf States in Southeast Europe Dr. [...] Unlike former Yugoslav countries, where the fear of renewed military conflicts similar to those of the 1990s is raised, a distinctive characteristic of the Bulgarian media space since the start of the war in Ukraine is the interlinkage between pro-Russian messaging and the portrayals of domestic political actors. [...] The actors and sources of disinformation that make up the pro-Russian informational ecosystem in Bulgaria facilitate the diffusion and circulation of overlapping Kremlin-friendly messages, albeit with specificities in the emphasis of narration and stylistic means of message transmission conditioned by the editorial characteristics and target audience of different outlets. [...] The newspaper promotes the view that Europe’s interests are being subordinated to those of the US and that Europe should instead cooperate with Russia.71 For its part, Ukraine is claimed to be leveraged by Washington as an instrument, whereby the ostensible goal is the survival of NATO, the maintenance of American global hegemony and the consolidation of Poland as the center of the anti-Russian Th. [...] 24, 30 March – 4 April 2022) 45 Authoritarians on a Media Offensive in the Midst of War that the repetition of the Great Depression of the 1930s was offset by the war in Ukraine.100 The outlet predicts the emergence of a new world order led by the Kremlin.