Macron and cocaine? PiS deputies caught the Russian fake
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was widely promoted by a false news about cocaine at a meeting of European leaders. She found a fertile ground even in Poland, where PiS politicians publicized her.
On May 10, leaders from Poland, France, Germany and Great Britain arrived in Kiev, to support Ukraine as a “coalition of those willing” and call Russia to an unconditional suspension of weapons. Of course, this initiative could not appeal to the Kremlin, which decided to answer with a propaganda hit in European politicians.
Cocaine lying in front of Macron? The Kremlin’s propaganda worked
On English -language accounts on platform X, a coarse accusation appeared on alleged drugs on the table. As claimed, a cocaine bag lay a bag of cocaine before the President of France. The information quickly spread over the network, picked up, among others by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zacharowa and many Russian accounts.
The French propaganda accusations denied very quickly. “When European unity becomes uncomfortable, disinformation goes so far that the ordinary handkerchief looks like drugs. This false information is distributed by the enemies of France, both abroad and in the country. We must be vigilant to manipulation,” emphasized the Elyseed Palace on X.
Interestingly, the Polish MP, Anna Kwiecień from PiS, duplicated the message and picked up in Moscow. “This is a massacre who rules in this EU,” she wrote on April 11. Dariusz Matecki, also from PiS, also left the commentary under a manipulating entry. “Tell us Sławomir Nitras, what is this French in his pocket?” – KO’s policy asked the gravity.
An expert with effective propaganda
Dr Łukasz Olejnik associated with the Faculty of War Sciences King’s College London commented on the Russian disinformation campaign described here. “It came across fertile ground in people skeptical or contrary to leaders going to Kiev, hence it is not surprising that it was made available, this is a relatively simple psychological mechanism,” he wrote.
“It also appeared in the so -called useful idiots. All this strengthened the range of the message. There is communication here with non -public channels – people simply send it out,” he explained.
“This is an example of controlled virtuality – actions that, on the one hand, pretend to be a bottom -up, spontaneous publicity, and in fact are powered by accounts with a large number of followers,” he added and warned that similar campaigns may repeat the end of the election campaign in Poland.
