{"id":1845,"date":"2026-04-21T20:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:59:00","slug":"european-union-tightens-its-grip-on-russian-hybrid-threats-new-sanctions-on-disinformation-and-propaganda-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"European Union: tightens its grip on Russian hybrid threats &#8211; New sanctions on disinformation and propaganda networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New <b>sanctions by the EU<\/b> to <b>Euromore and Pravfond for Russian disinformation<\/b> and <b>philocremlin propaganda<\/b> targeting <b>Ukraine and European institutions<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <b>scaling up its strategy against hybrid threats<\/b>, the <b>European Union<\/b> is moving forward with new <b>targeted measures to restrict networks<\/b> that, according to <b>Brussels<\/b>, are actively involved <b>in spreading pro-Kremlin<\/a><\/b> disinformation. The latest <b>sanctions are directed against the Euromore platform and the Pravfond<\/b> foundation, which are accused of <b>acting as multipliers of narratives<\/b> that undermine the <b>credibility of European institutions<\/b> and reinforce <b>arguments of Russian state propaganda<\/b>, particularly in the <b>framework of the war in Ukraine<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>European Union is stepping up its response to Russian hybrid threats<\/b> by imposing <b>new sanctions on two entities involved in disinformation campaigns<\/b>. According to ERTnews.gr, <b>the Council of EU foreign ministers<\/b>, meeting in <b>Luxembourg<\/b>, added the Euromore platform and the Pravfond Foundation<\/b> to the list, accusing them of systematically <b>disseminating pro-Kremlin narratives<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h3>Kremlin&#8217;s mechanism<\/h3>\n<p>According to the Council, Euromore acts as an informal propagator of Russian propaganda, recycling content that undermines the credibility of European institutions and attempts to legitimise the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, the Russian state-funded Pravfond produces legal and analytical material supporting key Kremlin claims, such as the &#8220;Nazification&#8221; of Ukraine and &#8220;persecution of Russian-speaking populations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With today&#8217;s decision, the sanctions now cover 69 individuals and 19 entities. They include an asset freeze and a ban on the provision of financial resources by European citizens and companies.<\/p>\n<p>The EU underlines that it will continue to use all available means to counter Russia&#8217;s destabilising actions, seeking to protect democracy and security within and beyond its borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New EU sanctions on Euromore and Pravfond for Russian disinformation and pro-Kremlin propaganda targeting Ukraine and European &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}