According to Propastop, the Estonian Defence League's volunteer unit of Russian disinformation analysts, the Kremlin's narrative exploits the touchy issue of immigration into Sweden. The disinformation deploys blatantly false facts about a pending civil war, about how Swedish children during school prayer are forced to evoke Allah, how Muslim immigrants have desecrated images of Jesus etc.
In addition to promoting division and conflict in Swedish society, Moscow also has attempted to spur anti-NATO sentiment and belittle the capability of Sweden's military, who have been obsessed with exposing ‘non-existent submarines”.
An article in the Swedish newspaper “Eskilstuna Kuriren” described how ultra-right Swedish troll factorie…(Read more: Estonian Life No. 4 2020 paper issue or PDF/digileht)
Laas Leivat, Toronto
