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OC Media (15 February 2026)

 Yousef Bardouka

Armenia has asked Brussels to deploy a team to tackle Russian disinformation ahead of the parliamentary elections in June, RFE/RL has reported.

In Wider Europe, RFE/RL’s EU, NATO, and Eastern Europe newsletter, the outlet’s Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak wrote that the EU was preparing to help Armenia counter Russian interference in the upcoming elections by deploying a ‘hybrid rapid response team’ to identify and counter Russian disinformation. He added that the EU could ‘potentially’ roll out a ‘more permanent civilian mission’ with the same purpose in the future.

Jozwiak cited a letter RFE/RL had seen in which Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan asked the EU on 13 February to dispatch the team.

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