🇷🇺 Russian whispers

The Kremlin has spent years building what analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) describe in a new report as a global cognitive warfare infrastructure: a sprawling network of state media outlets, journalism training programs and foreign partnerships designed to shape narratives abroad for decades to come. 

Latin America, long fertile ground for anti-American sentiment, has emerged as a key theater in that campaign.

At the center of Moscow's regional outreach is TV BRICS, a Moscow-headquartered broadcaster created in 2017 to cover BRICS nations. Since 2022, TV BRICS has signed at least 44 media cooperation agreements globally, including with outlets across South America. 

In March 2024, it launched a dedicated Spanish-language news portal targeting the region. Partners now include Venezuelan state-linked broadcaster TeleSur, Cuban state news agency Prensa Latina, Bolivia's state television channel and several outlets in Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay.

But Brazil is the crown jewel. TV BRICS has a long list of Brazilian partners, including…

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