Eight member states have urged the EU's foreign service to significantly expand its work on countering Russian propaganda.
They said in a letter to EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini that "in the face of unabated third party disinformation campaigns … we see an urgent need to further enhance the EU's StratCom capabilities".
The EU foreign service created East Stratcom, dealing with the former Soviet region, in late 2015.
It also created the Western Balkans StratCom...
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