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No 'peace party' or 'war party' in Europe, all prepare for war — expert

TASS · · 218 words
Economic Opportunism Russian Diplomatic Success European Warmongering

Dmitry Lanko of St. Petersburg State University argues that European political forces favoring peaceful dialogue have vanished. He claims that elites in Baltic and Nordic countries are preparing for war to achieve economic growth and a post-war boom.

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Propaganda Score
confidence: 90%
Significant concerns. Multiple propaganda techniques detected.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Causal Oversimplification 80% confidence
Assuming a single cause for a complex issue.
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Smears 80% confidence
Using damaging allegations to undermine a person's reputation.
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Hasty Generalization 70% confidence
Drawing broad conclusions from a small or unrepresentative sample.

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2 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Dmitry Lanko, the head of the master's program in Baltic and Nordic Studies at St. Petersburg State University, has said [that] political forces who might advocate for peaceful dialogue have disappeared in Europe”
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The official St. Petersburg State University website explicitly identifies Dmitry Lanko as the 'Head of the academic programme ‘Baltic and Nordic Studies’'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The master's programme ‘Baltic and Nordic Studies’ is a comprehensive system to train specialists in international relations.Dmitry Lanko, Candidate of Political Science, Associate Professor, Head of …
https://english.spbu.ru/admission/programms/graduate/baltic-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dmitry Lanko is an academic researcher from Saint Petersburg State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Foreign policy analysis & Foreign policy. The author has an hindex of 2…
https://scispace.com/authors/dmitry-lanko-2dhc65sc0u
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web search NEUTRAL — Full version of the article. On July 2, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), together with St. Petersburg State University (SPbU), held a roundtable discussion on “Increasing Tensio…
https://russiancouncil.ru/en/news/riac-st-petersburg-state-u…
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“Dmitry Lanko... said [at] a Valdai International Club discussion on 'The Baltic Region: Risks of Military-Political Escalation.'”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the existence of the Valdai Discussion Club event titled 'The Baltic Region: Risks of Military-Political Escalation', including the official Valdai Club website and a video recording of the discussion on VK Video.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anatol Lieven (born 28 June 1960) is a British author, journalist, and policy analyst. He is currently a visiting professor at King's College London and senior fellow at the Quincy Institute for Respo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol_Lieven
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (CFDP, SVOP) (Russian: Совет по внешней и оборонной политике) is a Russian Think Tank. It was formed on February 25, 1992. It has been called the "leading p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_for_Foreign_and_Defens…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ziyavudin Gadzhievich Magomedov (Russian: Зиявудин Гаджиевич Магомедов, born 1968) is a former Russian oligarch whose rapid rise in wealth between 2008 and 2010, followed by his sudden arrest in 2018,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziyavudin_Magomedov
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