Welcome to a special edition of the Capitals. This edition is sponsored by the European Media and Information Fund as part of the F.R.E.I.H.E.I.T project - Fact-checking & Reliable European Information to Help Europe Integrate Together. It aims to address foreign interference in European media via meticulous, fact-checked editorial production by freelance journalists from Europe and the Eastern Neighbourhood.
Kyiv
Article by Olena Churanova Click on the picture to read the story | Photo by Shutterstock/Viacheslav Lopatin]
Russian propaganda has actively spread many fakes about the EU and European leadership to demoralise Ukrainians but failed to influence their pro-European intentions. Read more.
Chișinău
Article by David Smith (@dsmith098) , Moldova Matters Click on the picture to read the story | Photo by [EPA-EFE/DUMITRU DORU]
Even with US sanctions in place, fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor and his affiliates continue to spread Russian disinformation in Moldova using the social media platform Facebook. Read more.
Tbilisi
Article by Katie Shoshiashvili (@KShoshiashvili) Click on the picture to read the story | Photo by [EPA-EFE/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE]
After the adoption of Russian-style foreign agents law, the county’s ruling Georgian Dream party, led by oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, launched its election campaign with conspiracies, sowing discord, and detachment from reality. Read more.
Yerevan
Article by Anna Pambukhchyan (@Pambukhchyan) Click on the picture to read the story | Photo by [EPA-EFE/NAREK ALEKSANYAN]
After decades of the same elites ruling through largely undemocratic means, Armenia has in recent years seen a surge in political polarisation that is threatening its ongoing democratic transformation. Read more.
Baku
Article by Rovshan Mammadli (@MammadliRovshan) Click on the picture to read the story | Photo by [EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON]
In a move reflecting simmering diplomatic tensions with France, Azerbaijan hosted the “First Congress of Independence Movements from French-Colonised Territories” on 17-18 July Read more.
Minsk
Article by Jan Novak Click on the picture to read the story | Photo by [Shutterstock/Motalb]
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an important part of Lithuanian and Belarusian history, but the mutual past creates tensions between the two nations, which only benefits Russia. Read more.
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[Edited by Alexandra Brzozowski/ Zoran Radosavljevic]
