News Stories: Russian-Linked Disinformation and Kremlin Goals

news stories: That brand of information war can range from pushing fake news stories and conspiracy theories to fanning the flames of existing problems all serving to undermine public confidence in governments and institutions, according to Toronto Star. Elsewhere in the Baltics and former Soviet Union, Russian-linked disinformation has worked to stoke panic and force local governments into knee-jerk, counterproductive responses that have boosted Kremlin goals across the region. Roni Rekomaa / Bloomberg By Reid Standish Foreign Policy Wed., March 1, 2017 With elections coming up this year in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and perhaps Italy, European intelligence services across the continent have been sounding the alarm about Russian attempts to influence the outcome through targeted disinformation and propaganda, as they appeared to do in the U.S. presidential election. But in the face of this mounting pressure, one of Russia's neighbours has emerged unusually resistant to the wider information war waged by Moscow across Europe Finland. These attacks have sought to undermine the government and often coincided with military shows of forces along the Russian border. Like other countries along the Baltic Sea or in Eastern Europe, Finland has seen a notable increase in fake news stories and propaganda targeted against it that can be linked back to Russia since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.