Summary

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and
the conflict in the southeast region of Ukraine, NATO
deployed four battlegroups to Poland and the Baltic
States. The Netherlands contributes troops to the
battlegroup in Lithuania, which considers itself a
‘front state’ against the Russian Federation. Lithuania
is a desirable target for Russian disinformation
campaigns. How is the country targeted by Russia,
and how does Lithuania protect itself? This article
provides an explanation for Russian disinformation, or
dezinformatsiya, its history, and how it is related to other
known terms, such as active measures. It is paramount
for societies, including the Dutch, to be well aware
of the likelyhood of being targeted by Russian
dezinformatsiya campaigns.