Jonas Syrovatka

Program Manager at PSSI, working primarily on projects concerning Russian influence activities in the Czecz Republic. He holds an MA in Political Science and International Relations from the Masaryk University in Brno. During his undergraduate studies he focused on the development of Russian political system

Society

Sputnik CZ: Main Channel of Russian Propaganda in Czech Republic

BY Jonas Syrovatka AND Role of Russia in 2019 EP Elections / June 3, 2019

in March 2019, the editor-in-chief of Sputnik CZ, Sofija Ovanes, presented the work of her website publicly at a meeting in the Russian Center of Science and Culture in Prague. According to Mrs. Ovanes, ten people work in the editorial office of the Czech version of the website, which is based in Moscow.

Politics

Let’s Do It in British Style: Debate about Czexit

BY Jonas Syrovatka, Nikos Stepanek AND Role of Russia in 2019 EP Elections / March 29, 2019

The aim of this article is to explain why Czech media and politicians even raised the possibility of leaving the EU (calling it Czexit), to focus on the debate surrounding this subject, and to try evaluating if or when such a debate might become an issue before the 2019 European Parliamentary elections.