Russian-Chinese tailwind for settling scores with NGOs
AMO
/ Ed. 23. 11. 2024
Moscow, Beijing, and then Belgrade. In recent weeks, this has been the road travelled by anti-Western narratives and manipulations about foreign mercenaries in the civilian sector. First, Maria Zakharova and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned the Serbian authorities that the West, through “puppet media and non-governmental organisations, incites negative emotions in society and turns people against the state leadership”. Then the report of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the involvement of the USA in the internal affairs of many countries, including Serbia, reached the domestic public.
Between these two messages from Russia and China, headlines abounded with manipulations about attempts at “Maidanisation” and “colour revolutions” in Belgrade. China’s assessment of the activities of the American National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has hence become overnight a catalyst for ubiquitous Russian propaganda in Serbia and a new attack on non-governmental organisations. The article by Tijana Đorđević was originaly published with the support of the project Enhancing the Capacities of Serbian Investigative Journalists in Mapping Foreign Influence in Serbia by Istinomer.
You can read the original version here. The article by Tijana Đorđević was originaly published with the support of the project Enhancing the Capacities of Serbian Investigative Journalists in Mapping Foreign Influence in Serbia
