Recital 5

(5) Russia has engaged in a systematic, international campaign of media manipulation and distortion of facts in order to enhance its strategy of destabilisation of its neighbouring countries and of the Union and its Member States. In particular, the propaganda has repeatedly and consistently targeted European political parties, especially during election periods, as well as civil society, minority communities, refugees, and the functioning of democratic institutions in the Union and its Member States.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-15 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.