# Fake NATO deaths, Epstein claims and drones: how Russia targets elections in the Baltics

https://mins.news/en/item/87400

- euronews, 2026-10-06 04:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/fake-nato-deaths-epstein-claims-and-drones-how-russia-targets-elections-in-the-baltics

> A new report says Russia-linked disinformation campaigns aimed at elections in Estonia and Latvia have focused less on individual candidates or the voting process than on sowing confusion around security issues influencing voters’ decisions.

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