Manufacturing Dissent in Eastern Europe: The Power of Foreign State Propaganda

Manufacturing Dissent in Eastern Europe: The Power of Foreign State Propaganda

Eastern Europe has troubles—as do many countries East and West —given the geopolitics of today, but while some are internal, a fair measure of them is not. These externals tend to be driven by powerful political forces seeking to fulfill their own political agendas—and for the latter that’’s about control: economic and political. It is beyond doubts that there are forces external to these countries.  Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has form…

The National Assembly of Republika Srpska (NS RS) began a session on Tuesday to discuss laws that provide for the abolition of the work of BiH institutions in the entity, the establishment of the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of RS, and the law on so-called foreign agents. At the beginning of the session, the agenda was changed and the debate was consolidated, and several opposition representatives announced a boycott of the session, B…

Spread of ‘foreign agent’ laws in Eastern Europe

Natika Kantaria is a human rights advocate with nearly a decade of experience planning and implementing advocacy campaigns in human rights. She has worked with international organizations and watchdog NGOs and collaborated with the public and private sectors. For the ISHR she wrote a piece on 26 February 2025 about a worrying trend: ‘Foreign agent’ laws have been introduced in various countries, violating international human rights law and threa…