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Russian Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Operations across the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood

The term Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), formalised by the European External Action Service (EEAS), marks a deliberate analytical departure from earlier, narrower concepts. The EEAS defines FIMI as "a mostly non-illegal pattern of behaviour that threatens or has the potential to negatively impact…