{"id":118042,"date":"2026-06-18T19:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/geopolitical-laboratory-and-mafia-eu-publications-used-to-spread-false-information-about-moldova\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T10:42:32","slug":"geopolitical-laboratory-and-mafia-eu-publications-used-to-spread-false-information-about-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/geopolitical-laboratory-and-mafia-eu-publications-used-to-spread-false-information-about-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Geopolitical Laboratory&#8221; and &#8220;Mafia&#8221;. EU publications used to spread false information about Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>EU publications have been used to spread false information about Moldova. In April 2026, the media resource Omerta promoted anti-government messages, referring to our country.<br\/><\/strong><br\/>The narratives were subsequently picked up by voices in the Republic of Moldova, being presented in the domestic space as &#8220;opinions from the French press&#8221;, according to the most recent report from the Center for Strategic Communication and Counteracting Disinformation in the Republic of Moldova, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/realitatea.md\/laborator-geopolitic-si-mafie-publicatii-din-ue-folosite-pentru-a-difuza-informatii-false-despre-moldova\/\">realitatea.md<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The materials described the Republic of Moldova as an externally controlled state, a &#8216;geopolitical laboratory&#8217; and a space managed by Western interests, and the state leadership was presented through phrases such as &#8216;mafia&#8217; or &#8216;organized crime&#8217;,&#8221;<\/em> the analysis states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts assert that in this way, external actors validate propagandistic narratives. 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In April 2026, the media resource Omerta promoted anti-government messages, referring to our country.The narratives were subsequently picked up by voices in the Republic of Moldova, being presented in the domestic space as &#8220;opinions from the French press&#8221;, according to the most recent report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":65776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1125],"tags":[15447,18551,14963],"class_list":["post-118042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-moldova-en","tag-eu-2","tag-publications-2","tag-russia-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Geopolitical Laboratory&quot; and &quot;Mafia&quot;. 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