Russian authorities have mobilized an envelope of 1.1 billion euros to establish a vast propaganda network. The project would target three major axes: the Russian presidential election, information warfare and propaganda in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
No less than 740 million euros would have been disbursed in view of the electoral deadline. One of the documents provides, on Putin's orders, for the surveillance of employees of the Russian Ministry of Education and the identification of “opinion leaders” Among these productions is the series “German Democratic Republic”, which features a Russian intelligence officer during the Cold War.