Disinformation spread by Russian state-backed media is increasingly visible on social media and websites in Kosovo, a report published on Friday by BIRN Kosovo and Internews Kosova says.

“Mapping Disinformation: Russian and Serbian Narratives in the Media and on Social Networks in Kosovo” highlights growing attempts to exert influence on the media in Kosovo and the weak institutional and legal capacity to respond.

The report analysed thousands of Russian media articles and tens of thousands of links shared by Kosovo-based online platforms and social media networks.

Jeta Xharra, director of BIRN Kosovo, explained that “aim of this project was to produce a map of the disinformation in Kosovo, by mapping out how disinformation is distributed”.

The report traces the dissemination of disinformation in Kosovo, taking as a sample four Kremlin-controlled media outlets that produced 1,323 news items about Kosovo from September 2025 to February 2026. Data was also extracted from 150 online platforms and social media accounts in Kosovo, with over 20,000 suspicious links produced during this period. A total of 2,361 articles were selected for in-depth analysis.

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