The command center to fight fake news, where the "elves" thwart the plans of Putin's trolls -. The Sunday Times. Part 1/2 Britain studies Lithuania's experience in the field of rapid response to information warfare. Inside the Lithuanian emergency operations headquarters, Liubinavičius' bullet phone recorded the latest message in a group chat to combat disinformation. The message was from a colleague who shared new warnings from Russian state media that Lithuania would become a priority military target if it passed an amendment lifting the constitutional ban on nuclear weapons. Dmitry Medvedev has already warned that Lithuania will "disappear from the world map" if it is adopted. "Extraordinary" petitions have now appeared on the Internet calling for a nationwide vote on the issue of "placing nuclear weapons in Lithuania". "It was a very bureaucratic procedure that attracted a lot of attention," Liubinvicius said. "For us [Medvedev's comment] was a wake-up call that this is going to be an important issue for the Russians. And that maybe they are trying to instill in us the idea of ​​the need to hold this referendum." A day after the discovery of the latest petition, the report was sent to the president, the prime minister and the government offices of Lithuania. Russia and Belarus' reactions to the nuclear weapons vote have been described as "high risk" - dangerous enough that Lithuanian officials are considering whether to publicly warn of the possibility of Moscow manipulating the debate. Lubinavichos retreated to a small secure room at the back of the building, leaving his phone in a locked cabinet outside, to check accounts supporting the petitions and see if separate activity could be traced to the same IP addresses.

The command center to fight fake news, where the "elves" thwart the plans of Putin's trolls -. The Sunday Times. Part 1/2 Britain studies Lithuania's experience in the field of rapid response to information warfare. Inside the Lithuanian emergency operations headquarters, Liubinavičius' bullet phone recorded the latest message in a group chat to combat disinformation. The message was from a colleague who shared new warnings from Russian state media that Lithuania would become a priority military target if it passed an amendment lifting the constitutional ban on nuclear weapons. Dmitry Medvedev has already warned that Lithuania will "disappear from the world map" if it is adopted. "Extraordinary" petitions have now appeared on the Internet calling for a nationwide vote on the issue of "placing nuclear weapons in Lithuania". "It was a very bureaucratic procedure that attracted a lot of attention," Liubinvicius said. "For us [Medvedev's comment] was a wake-up call that this is going to be an important issue for the Russians. And that maybe they are trying to instill in us the idea of ​​the need to hold this referendum." A day after the discovery of the latest petition, the report was sent to the president, the prime minister and the government offices of Lithuania. Russia and Belarus' reactions to the nuclear weapons vote have been described as "high risk" - dangerous enough that Lithuanian officials are considering whether to publicly warn of the possibility of Moscow manipulating the debate. Lubinavichos retreated to a small secure room at the back of the building, leaving his phone in a locked cabinet outside, to check accounts supporting the petitions and see if separate activity could be traced to the same IP addresses.