Sticker and graffiti disinformation campaign in Austria and Germany, 2022
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records a sticker and graffiti disinformation campaign in Austria and Germany run by a Bulgarian network working for Russian intelligence, whose members were later tried in the United Kingdom. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location Austria, Germany; the dataset records it as running from March 2022 to 2022-08-30, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 March 2022
- Where
- Austria, Austria
- What
- other
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence War on the Rocks
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Sticker and graffiti disinformation campaign in Austria and Germany, 2022", ev-20261027-chhx, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-chhx/