Russian bots launched a disinformation campaign on social media in support of Croatian presidential candidate Zoran Milanović, who is running against NATO membership. The Centre for Information Resilience, a London-based nonprofit, has published a report revealing that pro-Russian and anti-EU bot networks worked to boost Milanović ahead of the country’s first round of presidential elections on December 29. Milanović, the incumbent president elected in 2020, has previously criticized NATO and the European Union in his speeches, drawing comparisons to US President-elect Donald Trump.
Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-bots-nato-croatia-election-presidential-candidate-eu-donald-trump-zoran-milanovic-campaign