Czech democracy, endangered by its own governors

“Czech democracy is endangered by misinformation and propaganda campaigns run by the Russian Federation”. In an analysis published by balkaninsight.com, the authors of the article claim that some of the country’s top officials are responsible for these misinformation campaigns.

Jakub Kalensky, leader of the East StratCom Task Force, which is based on combating Kremlin-related disinformation campaigns, says: “these attacks are meant to weaken and destabilize the West at all levels. In this effort, disinformationists spread strongly polarized messages that trigger strong emotions and sow discord. ”

They have spread conspiracies that undermine confidence in equidistant sources of information. They promote anti-Western, anti-liberal, anti-democratic politicians and denigrate politicians who defend Western, liberal and democratic values, because democracy and the rule of law threaten the current Kremlin regime. ”

Jakub Kalensky, Atlantic Council

Experts say that many politicians in the country are responsible for spreading false information, further deteriorating faith in democratic institutions. The same experts say that a large part of the current members of the Czech parliament has obtained their seats after extensive misinformation campaigns.

Read the full article on http://balkaninsight.com.

Source: https://balkaninsight.com/2019/09/09/truth-missing-in-action-in-czech-information-wars