Russian propagandists have intensified their activities in Germany - the Foreign Ministry
Such a statement was announced in an interview with Financial Times by the head of the Department of Culture and Communication of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ralph Beste. According to the ministry representative, the misinformation campaigns of the Russian Federation have become larger, imperceptible and more skillful. Therefore, we are talking about an unconditional threat to be taken seriously, "because it is difficult to counteract.
" Most likely, there are many things that we cannot even see. The further, the more conversations are conducted through the private channels of Telegram and WhatsApp. It is not easy to understand what is happening there, "Beste added. Separately, the high -ranking official added that his department operates a special unit that tracks and counteracts Russian information campaigns abroad. According to Beste ".
The media notes that during this year, the Department has managed to expose and expand one of the greatest attempts to manipulate German society on the Twitter (X) social networking platform. Yes, through a network of more To undermine German well -being and threatens nuclear war. Attempts were also observed to strengthen existing anti -Ukrainian views and make them more widespread.
It is interesting that all these statements were submitted as "opinions of authoritative news publications", including Der Spiegel and Süddeutsche Zeitung. The year CNS experts spoke about the promotion of Google's Internet Giant with Russian propaganda. In particular, the search engines located on the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea, the search algorithm of Google was offered to read the propaganda "RIA-Novosti", "Lenta. ru" and others.