{"id":367924,"date":"2026-08-06T19:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-russia-trying-to-sway-germanys-elections-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T19:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:00:46","slug":"is-russia-trying-to-sway-germanys-elections-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/is-russia-trying-to-sway-germanys-elections-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Russia trying to sway Germany\u2019s elections?  DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IpH1J4AVCS0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Is Russia trying to sway Germany\u2019s elections?  DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IpH1J4AVCS0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Three key German states head to the polls next month, with the far-right AfD expected to make significant gains. Security officials warn that Russian disinformation campaigns are intensifying, particularly against critics of Moscow and opponents of the AfD. But what evidence is there of foreign interference, how do these influence operations work, and could they affect the outcome of the elections? DW\u2019s Head of Fact-Checking, Joscha Weber, joins us to separate fact from fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Find more about this disinformation campaign on our website:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/operation-overload-matryoshka-state-elections-local-elections-berlin-germany-russia\/a-78193305<\/p>\n<p>#disinformation #russia #germany #election #dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 Germany heads into crucial state elections<br \/>\n00:45 DW&#8217;s Joscha Weber investigates a disinformation campaign<br \/>\n01:14 Fake news videos disguised as legitimate media reports<br \/>\n02:47 Why is the campaign targeting Germany?<br \/>\n03:19 Hundreds of fake posts uncovered<br \/>\n04:29 Who could be behind the campaign?<br \/>\n05:23 Who stands to gain from the disinformation?<br \/>\n06:08 How to spot fake videos and misleading claims<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three key German states head to the polls next month, with the far-right AfD expected to make significant gains. Security officials warn that Russian disinformation campaigns are intensifying, particularly against critics of Moscow and opponents of the AfD. But what evidence is there of foreign interference, how do these influence operations work, and could they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":367925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-367924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Russia trying to sway Germany\u2019s elections? DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Is Russia trying to sway Germany\u2019s elections? 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