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Russia used Ceuta's migration crisis to spread far-right narratives | RBC-Ukraine

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Russia seeded Ceuta's migration crisis with Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theories in seven languages — a case study in how real chaos gets weaponized into far-right fuel.

Information WarfarePropaganda TheorySocial Identity TheoryAgenda-Setting Theory
Russia used Ceuta's migration crisis to spread far-right narratives | RBC-Ukraine

Theory Briefing

  • Coordinated posts about Ceuta's migration crisis were amplified in seven languages, widening the reach of far-right narratives well beyond local audiences.
  • The campaign paired migration imagery with Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracy theories, blending a real humanitarian event with fabricated ideological framing.
  • The operation, tracked by 411, shows how a genuine border crisis can be exploited as raw material for foreign influence campaigns.
  • Spreading the same narrative across multiple languages suggests a deliberate strategy to inflame divisions in several countries simultaneously.