• 6 months ago
The European Commission chief has once more talked about her proposal for a so-called "European democracy shield" which would protect Europe from foreign interference following the Pravfond scandal fallout.
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00:00 Ursula von der Leyen has reiterated her proposal for the creation of a European shield for
00:05 democracy after she was asked about Russian foreign interference during a visit to Sweden.
00:12 Russian Foreign Ministry Foundation Pravfond is suspected of financing disinformation campaigns
00:17 in Europe.
00:19 Internal documents from the foundation also show it would have helped pay for the legal
00:24 defence of Russian spies.
00:27 It would have operated in 48 countries.
00:30 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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