{"id":851,"date":"2026-06-30T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/?post_type=reports&#038;p=851"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:21:52","slug":"how-russia-uses-video-games-to-spread-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"reports","link":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/reports\/how-russia-uses-video-games-to-spread-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"How Russia Uses Video Games to Spread Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">A new BECID Hot Report highlights how Russia is increasingly using video games as soft-power tools to promote pro-Kremlin narratives, glorify militarism, and distort history often targeting younger audiences. From high-budget international releases to openly propagandistic war games, gaming has become part of Russia\u2019s broader hybrid influence strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The report examines cases such as \u201cAtomic Heart\u201d, which subtly romanticises Soviet aesthetics, and \u201cSmuta\u201d and \u201cUnit 22: ZOV\u201d, which more directly echo Kremlin narratives and justify Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. Even when games are not officially state-funded, their global reach and immersive nature make them effective vehicles for ideological messaging that is difficult to detect or regulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">BECID assesses the risk as medium to high, warning that video games remain a regulatory blind spot in the EU despite their growing influence. The report calls on policymakers, educators, media, and civil society to strengthen critical gaming literacy, monitor state-linked content, and raise public awareness of how entertainment can be used to launder disinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Read the January 2026 Hot Report here:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new BECID Hot Report highlights how Russia is increasingly using video games as soft-power tools to promote pro-Kremlin narratives,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":853,"template":"","class_list":["post-851","reports","type-reports","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reports"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/851\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becid.eu\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}