Voice of Europe network and payments to politicians ahead of EU elections, 2023
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records the Voice of Europe network, which it says made cash payments to anti-establishment politicians in an attempt to influence European Parliament elections, citing reporting by Denik N. It codes the incident as influence operation, apparent goal compromise domestic / EU politics; disrupt (military) aid to Ukraine, target politician(s), location Germany,Belgium,France,Czechia,Netherlands; the dataset records it as running from March 2023 to 2023-12-31, 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 2023
- Where
- Germany, Germany
- 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 Denik N
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, "Voice of Europe network and payments to politicians ahead of EU elections, 2023", ev-20261027-cjv1, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-cjv1/