The Swedish publication described how the country is fighting “Putin propaganda”
Swedish Institute of International Relations in special Research on this topic, is looking for traces of pro-Putin propaganda not only in Russian-funded media, which, by the way, have been banned in Sweden since March 2016, but also in other Swedish publications. Swedish edition Nyheter Idag приводит comments from one of the editors of publications accused of distributing Russian propaganda.
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“The accusations against us of Putinism are absolutely unsubstantiated. We try to provide the reader with alternative information to that which prevails in Sweden. For example, we draw the readers’ attention to the problem of the spread of fascist movements in Ukraine,” writes Aftonbladet cultural editor Åsa Lindenborg. Aftonbladet's cultural department has 186 thousand followers on Twitter.
In addition, the report the “subversive activities” of the Russian agency Sputnik, already banned in the country, are analyzed in detail. About four thousand articles of the publication are sorted into different categories. Of these four thousand, only twenty-six materials were found to be reprinted Swedish editions.
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