A Russian-backed “propaganda” network has been broken up for spreading anti-Ukraine stories and paying unnamed European politicians, according to authorities in several countries.

Investigators claimed it used the popular Voice of Europe website as a vehicle to pay politicians.

The Czech Republic and Poland said the network aimed to influence European elections.

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Czech media, citing the countries intelligence agency BIS, reported that politicians from Germany, France, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Hungary were paid by Voice of Europe in order to influence upcoming elections for the European Parliament.

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    • @doublejay1999
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      233 months ago

      Of course. In a rational media, the story is about corrupt politicians. But no, its ‘something the Russians were doing to them’

    • @NOT_RICK
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      143 months ago

      Maybe they’re subject to an investigation at this point?

  • MxM111
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    333 months ago

    One of the networks. To think that there is nothing anymore after this bust is naive.

    • @[email protected]
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      53 months ago

      It’s hardly secret either, in the UK at least. It’s just that most of the public have no idea. We’re all turning a blind eye to politicians and lobbyists who are funded by Russian, American, Chinese, Israeli etc interests.

  • ThePowerOfGeek
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    293 months ago

    Uh oh. Time for Farage to get his PR team to crank it up a level.

  • @RestrictedAccount
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    3 months ago

    Asking for a friend

    Edit: Just in case anyone from the IC reads this, the “friend” is a tax paying US citizen who sees shit in broad daylight that should be visible if you had uncounted billions spent to see it. I would start with the Junior Senator from KY.

  • @Sanctus
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    73 months ago

    Cut off one head and two will take its place.

  • @Fandangalo
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    43 months ago

    About to be a lot of “accidental” falls out of windows.