- country
- Serbia
- date text
- 21/02/2026
- actor text
- CRTA
- campaign id
- SRB-CAMP-003
- confidence notes
- Exact date Feb 21 2026 (updated Feb 23). Primary source — 1,238 recorded communications, Jan–Jun 2025. Counter-narrative / research resource. Directly validates Playbook NF taxonomy and campaign architecture. Surfaces two NF gaps: "golden age" and "moral superiority" frames. Identifies legitimizer network as structural enabler candidate.
- date confidence
- exact
- excerpt
- CRTA/Istinomer Feb 2026: 54-actor propaganda network mapped. "Internal enemies" narrative present in 49/51 actors. Brnabić: "first line of defense" — attacks dissenters, glorifies Vučić. "The regime invests most heavily in those who appear expert and neutral, since it is precisely through them that the propaganda message is disguised as a depoliticized stance." Crisis-driven rhythm: escalation March/June, de-escalation April/May 2025.
- id
- SIG-SRB-068
- normalized date
- 2026-02-21
- observation
- country
- Serbia
- actor primary
- CRTA
- actor type primary
- CSO
- campaign id
- SRB-CAMP-003
- campaign phase
- Counter-narrative
- case id
- SRB-068
- channel primary
- Legacy Press
- confidence notes
- Exact date Feb 21 2026 (updated Feb 23). Primary source — 1,238 recorded communications, Jan–Jun 2025. Counter-narrative / research resource. Directly validates Playbook NF taxonomy and campaign architecture. Surfaces two NF gaps: "golden age" and "moral superiority" frames. Identifies legitimizer network as structural enabler candidate.
- consequence category
- Social Trust Erosion
- date confidence
- exact
- escalation stage
- 99
- event date normalized
- 2026-02-21
- event date raw
- 21/02/2026
- harm track
- Track 2 — Social Trust Erosion
- institutional consequence
- 54-actor propaganda network documented; 8-narrative taxonomy mapped; legitimizer infrastructure exposed
- primary narrative code
- NF-00
- primary narrative label
- Counter-narrative (non-attack)
- secondary narrative code
- NF-06
- secondary narrative label
- Destabilization Agent
- signal id
- SIG-SRB-068
- source text excerpt
- CRTA/Istinomer Feb 2026: 54-actor propaganda network mapped. "Internal enemies" narrative present in 49/51 actors. Brnabić: "first line of defense" — attacks dissenters, glorifies Vučić. "The regime invests most heavily in those who appear expert and neutral, since it is precisely through them that the propaganda message is disguised as a depoliticized stance." Crisis-driven rhythm: escalation March/June, de-escalation April/May 2025.
- source type
- Legacy Press
- source url
- https://www.crta.rs/propaganda-architecture-serbia-vucic-ensemble-2026/ (Istinomer/CRTA Feb 2026)
- tactic code
- Research documentation; Narrative mapping
- target
- Propaganda network (54 actors)
- target type
- Sector
- trigger type
- TR-02: Civic Mobilization
- response id
- SRB-068
- source type
- Legacy Press
- source url
- https://www.crta.rs/propaganda-architecture-serbia-vucic-ensemble-2026/ (Istinomer/CRTA Feb 2026)
- target text
- Propaganda network (54 actors)
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