Pro-Kremlin website “paid” European politicians
Mar 31, 2024 22:43:37 GMT
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Russian influence scandal rocks EU
www.politico.eu/article/voice-of-europe-russia-influence-scandal-election/
www.politico.eu/article/voice-of-europe-russia-influence-scandal-election/
Pro-Kremlin website spread propaganda and “paid” European politicians, top European officials said.
The scandal broke when the Czech government on Wednesday sanctioned a news site called Voice of Europe, which Prague said was part of a pro-Russian influence operation. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Thursday that Russia had approached EU parliament members (MEPs) and "paid them, to promote Russian propaganda.”
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The website has its roots in the Netherlands, Dutch daily NRC reported. An entrepreneur linked to the site at the time “worked with” far-right leader Thierry Baudet in 2016 “to bring about the Ukraine referendum,” the paper wrote, referring to a non-binding vote in which Dutch voters opposed a political association agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
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The website has its roots in the Netherlands, Dutch daily NRC reported. An entrepreneur linked to the site at the time “worked with” far-right leader Thierry Baudet in 2016 “to bring about the Ukraine referendum,” the paper wrote, referring to a non-binding vote in which Dutch voters opposed a political association agreement between Ukraine and the EU.
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