The Russian media "Sputnik" and "Russia Today" have a wide influence in the Western Balkans by spreading a negative narrative about NATO and the EU, playing a key role in spreading disinformation to minimize the region's integration into NATO and EU.

This was part of the research of Hibrid.info, where today they presented the report "Ukraine-Kosovo comparison in Russia's disinformation narratives".

The purpose of this report is to identify and analyze the main disinformation narratives of Russia, as well as the actors and goals that promote these aspects of the information disorder, with special emphasis on Kosovo.

The main narrative of Russian disinformation about Kosovo is the contestation of Kosovo's statehood, where the main target is the Serbian community, who, according to Hibrid, still continue to be informed by the media controlled by Vucic.

Hibrid researcher Festim Rizanaj said that even though Kosovo and Russia do not have diplomatic relations, the Kremlin has always used the Kosovo issue to reinforce its rhetoric against the West and to influence the politics of the region.

Meanwhile, the professor of journalism at the University of Prishtina, Alban Zeneli, said that the main purpose of these narratives continues to be the exclusion of local Serbs in the institutions of Kosovo.

Hibrid.info is a research media, which checks the media for fake news, disinformation, misinformation and more. /A.Shala/