Event bab374f7-f59f-4e2b-b894-d419c1479791

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Sabotage Country: Estonia Country: Lithuania Country: Latvia Country: Germany Country: Poland Country: European Union

Source: https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cockta...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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1mo ago

Summary

Headline: ‘Make a Molotov Cocktail’: How Europeans Are Recruited Through Telegram to Commit Sabotage, Arson, and Murder

Short Summary: Pro-Russian groups use Telegram to recruit Europeans for sabotage and violent actions across the EU.

Description

An OCCRP investigation reveals the use of Telegram channels to recruit Europeans into acts of sabotage, arson, and murder, targeting infrastructure and security across Europe, with a documented pattern of pro-Russian influence.

Evidence

Quotes

"A handful of recent criminal cases show how pro-Russian propagandists are using Telegram to recruit people including Europeans, to commit acts of sabotage, arson, and in some cases murder across the continent."

"Several of the attacks followed patterns that originated in instructions shared on pro-Kremlin Telegram channels."

"In Estonia and Lithuania, suspected saboteurs carried out attacks on rail infrastructure, and in one case started a fire."

Related URLs

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and-murder

Source

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/make-a-molotov-cocktail-how-europeans-are-recruited-through-telegram-to-commit-sabotage-arson-and-murder

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