1. Objetivo: Apoyar a la Extrema Derecha y Socavar la Democracia.
La campaña de desinformación tiene como objetivo principal impulsar al partido de ultraderecha Alternativa para Alemania (AfD), mientras se desacredita a los partidos mayoritarios como el SPD y los Verdes. La estrategia busca sembrar la división, erosionar la confianza en las instituciones democráticas y culpar de los problemas económicos del país al apoyo brindado a Ucrania.
- "a russian campaign aims to boost the far-right afd and discredit mainstream parties like the spd and greens ahead of germany's february 23 election, says think-tank cemas.".
- "russia's disinformation campaign targets german elections, spreading fake news to boost far-right afd party, revealed german think tank cemas operation aims to undermine trust in mainstream parties & blame germany’s economic woes on support for ukraine".
- "voters in germany are being exposed to copious pro-afd narratives online from ai-generated content and russian disinformation campaigns.".
- "disinformation warfare: from fake news to deepfake narratives, russia is flooding germany with disinfo to polarize debate and erode trust in institutions. It’s not about truth—it’s about chaos.".
2. Tácticas: Sitios Falsos, IA y Operaciones Encubiertas.
Los métodos utilizados incluyen la creación de más de un centenar de sitios web falsos que imitan a medios de comunicación legítimos, el uso de inteligencia artificial para generar contenido engañoso y la inundación de redes sociales con bots. Se han identificado operaciones específicas con nombres clave como "Doppelgänger" y "Storm-1516", vinculadas a la inteligencia rusa.
- "a correctiv investigation has uncovered that a russian disinformation campaign established around 100 fake websites ahead of germany’s general election. Their purpose: to influence the election campaign.".
- "a russian influence operation known as “storm-1516” has set up over 100 websites using artificial intelligence (ai) to spread disinformation and meddle in germany’s upcoming elections.".
- "putin’s disinformation networks flood social media in bid to skew german election at the center of the effort to influence german voters is doppelgänger, a kremlin-backed operation, according to the german office of foreign affairs.".
- "a network of 102 ai-generated german-language websites is spreading disinformation and amplifying pro-russian narratives ahead of germany’s snap elections".
3. Un "Doble Frente": La Influencia de Rusia y Elon Musk.
Varios análisis señalan que los votantes alemanes se enfrentan a un "doble frente" de desinformación. Por un lado, las campañas orquestadas por el Kremlin y, por otro, la proliferación de narrativas falsas en plataformas como X (anteriormente Twitter), cuyo propietario, Elon Musk, es mencionado repetidamente como un factor que facilita o contribuye a la difusión de estos mensajes.
- "between russia and elon musk, german voters face a ‘dual front’ of disinformation".
- "russia allegedly invests billions in disinformation campaigns to sway german elections to the afd and elon musk investing in disinformation campaigns to sway german elections to the afd we're not safe.".
- "both musk and russia are inserting disinformation into germany's campaign. An ominous development.".
- "russian disinformation is "flooding" germany with fake news, writes politico. Add elon musk, factor in resentment, hatred and mitlaufer intellectual laziness. And buckle up for the landing on february 23 in germany".
4. Magnitud y Alcance de la Operación.
La escala de la interferencia es masiva, con informes que sugieren una inversión de miles de millones de euros por parte de las autoridades rusas para financiar estas campañas. Se han detectado cientos de cuentas falsas en redes sociales y una sofisticación creciente en las tácticas, lo que representa una amenaza sin precedentes para el proceso electoral alemán.
- "russian authorities allocate up to 2 billion annually for disinformation campaigns".
- "a network of more than 700 fake social media accounts has sprung up in the last week of germany's election campaign, researchers say, promoting pro-russian narratives and demonising merz.".
- "the . Sums up what we are dealing with in germany at the moment, also citing our report on storm-1516. This amount of foreign disinformation targeting an election in germany is unprecedented.".
- "the kremlin has launched a disinformation campaign ahead of the bundestag elections. Hundreds of news sites were involved".