alone a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week with the threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about data theft but also the spreading of what's described as industrial scale disinflation computer experts loyal to the kremlin so-called trolls are accused of infiltrate.

a lot of very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week withthe threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about data from there but also.

and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in vladimir putin's russia a russia that tolerates little in the way of protest and those who do have the courage to take part in demonstrations such as this rally last summer are increasingly branded as extremists who then face the full force of the law. that's only a cone on found out at 1st hand what it means to get on the wrong side of the system when her son was taken into detention now and italia and other mothers who founded a campaign group to take up the battle against what they see as arbitrary injustice and monstrous sentences. that conan is a fighter as she heads towards the courthouse in northern moscow with her son daniel her determination is palpable a strip of polka dot cloth is the symbol of her movement mothers against political prisoner it's several individual protesters stand in solidarity for the accused outside the courthouse they say this is a show trial. igor lease news and maxine martin soft have been accused of kicking a police officer at a protest last summer both men insist th

well in a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in eastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel adam of each scene on the right of your screen was the mayor of the northern port city of danske then almost exactly a year ago he was stabbed to death during a charity event. now before that shocking attack pavel adam of which was a prominent advocate for liberal causes and a strong supporter of pro european sentiments and prior to his killing he come under massive pressure from a right wing hate campaign so after his death his widow magdaléna has taken up the fight against the hate speech that she says is having such a devastating impact in poland poisoning politics and threatening lifes. for a year magdalena has been visiting her husband's grave at st mary's church in dance . she says he stood for freedom and against poland's right wing populist law and justice party that tramples on that freedom and that this cost him his life. he was killed by hate speech. by these troll factories. the distance from asians spread abo

a lot of very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week with the threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about data from there but also.

a lot of very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week with the threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about data theft but also the spreading of what's described as industrial scale didst information and computer experts loyal to the kremlin so-called trolls are accused of infiltrating social networks with huge quantities of manipulated content now one country on the frontline in the cyber conflict with russia is lithuania where they've responded by creating a did you thought citizens army made up of activists known simply as the elves and one of the key weapons in this kind of hybrid warfare is anonymity as we found out when we visited an elf in action. this is falcon as he calls himself on the internet. he doesn't want to reveal his true identity because he has formidable enemies in the digital world. in his free time he fights russian trolls peddling just information and fake news on the net. the online activist. he's part of a wider community trying to counter russian online propaganda they call themselve

hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in vladimir putin's russia a russia that tolerates little in the way of protest and those who do have the courage to take part in demonstrations such as this rally last summer are increasingly branded as a stream ists who then face the full force of global.

a low and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in vladimir putin's russia a russia that tolerates little in the way of protest.

a lot of very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week with the threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about our data fast but also the spreading of what's described as industrial scale didst information and computer experts loyal to the kremlin so-called trolls are accused of infiltrates.

well in a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in eastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel adam over each scene on the right of your.

hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week ineastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel adam over each scene on the right of your screen was the man of the northern port city. then almost exactly a year ago he was stabbed to death during a charity event.

hello and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in vladimir putin's russia a russia that tolerates little in the way of protest and those who do have the courage.

and a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin in vladimir putin's russia a russia that tolerates little in the way of protest and those who do have.

well in a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in eastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel other mortgage seen on the right of your screen was the mayor of the northern port.

a low in a very warm welcome indeed to focus on europe with me peter craven and we begin this week in eastern europe in poland to be precise where a man called pavel adam over each scene on the right of your screen.

peter craven and we begin this week with the threat posed by russian cyber attacks on the west we're not just talking about data theft but also the spreading of what's described as industrial scale defense information computer experts loyal to the kremlin so-called trolls are accused of infiltrating.