Czech President’s speech manipulated by disinformation agents

This is also related to what the Russian propaganda is taking “to task” in its attacks. The most frequent victims of disinformation are those who represent traditional institutions and the political system.

At the end of June, pro-Kremlin disinformation spread a manipulated video of Czech President Petr Pavel. The video, seen by tens of thousands of people, distorted Pavel’s speech from the “Media and Ukraine” conference, where he discussed the West’s manipulation of Ukraine against Russia. The manipulated video takes out of context the part of Pavel’s speech where he talks about the West’s manipulation of Ukraine. The video is also disseminated by the new Russian propaganda channel in the Czech Republic, website 42Tčen . The disinformation campaign has a wide reach, including TikTok. Before the Czech Radio’s “Media and Ukraine” conference, the radio was hacked. The radio’s website and the news server iROZHLAS.cz were disabled. The attack was probably targeted, with a specific connection to the conference. According to the presidential spokeswoman , the Russian propaganda interest in Pavel is due to the fact that Pavel’s actions do not suit the Kremlin’s interests. Pavel seeks to anchor the Czech Republic firmly in the community of democratic countries and condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine.