Influence of Russian Information Operations and Narratives on the Countries of Global South

The global information environment is a highly competitive space, dominated by global players, among which the Russian Federation is a powerful actor. Putting confrontation with the West at the core of its foreign policy, Russia conducts information operations with the aim to secure itself a wide range of supporters among the Multi-aligned Community (or the Global South) and to undermine the cognitive, value and political resilience among the Western countries and their allies. The paper aims to explore and explain the competitive information influence of Russia on the information environment of the Global South countries.