Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has emerged as one of the most severe global risks as “the disruptive capabilities of manipulated information are rapidly accelerating,”1 and are used “as a broader strategy to malignly interfere in and destabilise the democratic systems across the world.”2 In 2023, in its first report on FIMI Threats, EEAS argued that there is no longer any distance between the Kremlin’s diplomatic and FIMI arms. In further attempts to sow discord, official social media accounts of Russia’s diplomatic representations have been acting as a coordinated amplification network for disinformation narratives, and are now fully integrated into the wider FIMI ecosystem.
