Event 349

{
  "category": "InfoOps",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The report includes multiple direct quotations from sources, detailed contextual analysis, and references official statements and the structure of the event. The screenshot provides ample evidence.",
  "countries": [
    "Russia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Latvia",
    "Estonia",
    "Germany",
    "Sweden",
    "Finland",
    "Ukraine",
    "Poland"
  ],
  "country": "Russia",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Russia has orchestrated an event centered around the philosopher Immanuel Kant in Kaliningrad, seeking to attract Western academics and leverage philosophical discourse for propaganda and influence operations in the Baltic region. The initiative coincides with recurring Kremlin narratives about nuclear threats and attempts to counter Russian isolation following Sweden and Finland joining NATO.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-05-06T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshot shows highlighted/quoted sections identifying the event's propaganda aims.",
    "Direct quotes on the use of non-political themes for strategic messaging.",
    "Reference to nuclear war threats as a discussion point at the congress."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "In parallel with the event’s programming on the life and works of Kant, the Kremlin was clearly using this opportunity to present it to Western audiences, with the hope that Western participants, journalists, utilising their top-cover within Ukraine and solicitations for a hypothetical attack on the Baltic states.",
    "\"The congress was organized using... non-political, universal themes to attract participants from furthermost European countries and to unconsciously align personnel... the Kremlin’s narrative that Russia is a major country, it cannot be isolated, and must have its interests taken into consideration.\"",
    "The threat of nuclear war, which Russian officials and state media personalities now routinely rehearse two years into the war in Ukraine, was another major point of the congress."
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://theins.press/en/politics/271328"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Propaganda Campaign",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshot shows highlighted/quoted sections identifying the event's propaganda aims.",
            "Direct quotes on the use of non-political themes for strategic messaging.",
            "Reference to nuclear war threats as a discussion point at the congress."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "EE",
    "LV",
    "LT",
    "PL"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "The Kremlin’s latest bait in the Baltics: Immanuel Kant",
  "location_text": "Kaliningrad",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_349_1763924072_d094e309.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "Four-day conference about Kant was part of a Russian propaganda effort to justify its war in Ukraine and weaken pro-NATO sentiment in the Baltic region. ????????",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://theins.press/en/politics/271328"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russia organized a Kant-focused event in Kaliningrad targeting Western intellectuals, part of a wider information operation in the Baltics.",
  "url": "https://theins.press/en/politics/271328"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "EE, LV, LT, PL",
  "Attack Type": "Propaganda campaign",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "EE;LV;LT;PL",
  "Date": "6-May-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "Four-day conference about Kant was part of a Russian propaganda effort to justify its war in Ukraine and weaken pro-NATO sentiment in the Baltic region. ????????",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Russia weaponizing Lithuanian-Polish philosopher Kant. The Kremlin s latest bait in the Baltics: Immanuel Kant. A four-day conference celebrating the 300th birthday of the German philosopher was part of a Russian government effort to justify its war in Ukraine and weaken pro-NATO sentiment in the Baltic region. ????????",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://theins.press/en/politics/271328",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}