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Videogate: Authorities Investigate Potential Russian Hybrid Propaganda

Published January 9, 2026, 20:14
Videogate: Authorities Investigate Potential Russian Hybrid Propaganda

Following the leak of a controversial video, the Presidential Palace is leaking information regarding potential Russian involvement in its production and dissemination. Sources indicate that security services assess the video as exhibiting characteristics of an organized hybrid operation aimed at undermining the Republic of Cyprus. Methods of Russian-origin disinformation are cited, without excluding the involvement of other actors. The timing of the video's release is considered suspicious, coinciding with Cyprus's Presidency of the European Union. Sources emphasize that the video is a product of selective editing and promotes a predetermined narrative of corruption, while the account that spread it is allegedly linked to malicious activity against Cyprus.