Leaked Kremlin documents reveal coordinated hybrid information warfare against the Baltics led by Aleksejs Žuravļovs, using propaganda, proxies, and online campaigns in Russia and Baltic diaspora.

In early April 2024, leaked documents from the Russian Presidential Administration expose Kremlin information warfare strategies against the Baltic states coordinated under Aleksejs Žuravļovs, who leads the Interregional and Cultural Relations department deploying intelligence operatives to interfere in Baltic internal affairs. Propaganda themes for distribution by Kremlin agents are being developed under his supervision targeting Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Separate reporting reveals a Moscow-based 'antifašistu štābs' (anti-fascist headquarters) with ties to Latvian exile Sergejs Vasiļjevs, publicly known as 'Сева Рига', who faces terrorism financing allegations in Latvia. This group is engaged in well-funded hybrid activities, including commissioning statues and developing a 'Baltic fascists' database website designed with DDoS protection, indicating well-organized cyber and psychological warfare components against Baltic countries. The efforts include cultivating pro-Kremlin media agents and exploiting ethnic Russian minorities for online radicalization and disinformation campaigns. These operations reflect a multi-nodal hybrid warfare approach integrating cyber, information, and political subversion targeting Baltic allies. The activities are corroborated by Baltic opposition journalists and extensive Telegram monitoring, with identified links to Russian intelligence and corrupt elites, such as the Moscow-based Iron Birds motorcycle club with connections to Russian prosecutors on the Magnitsky list.