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Russian president Vladimir Putin and Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian propaganda channel RT. It's not known what influence the RT really has on EU audiences. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

EU myth-busters set for budget upgrade

One year after its launch, East Stratcom, the EU’s “tiny” counter-propaganda cell, has created a 20,000-strong following and could get a €1 million budget.

Some MEPs question whether it is the right way to fight Russian propaganda and whether Russian media pose a threat, but deputies will, in Strasbourg on Wednesday (26 October), still vote for the new money.

Anna Fotyga, a Polish conservative MEP former foreign minister, had called for the East Stratcom upgrade in a recent repo...

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Russian president Vladimir Putin and Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian propaganda channel RT. It's not known what influence the RT really has on EU audiences. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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