GlobalFact 2026, the world's largest fact-checking conference, opened in Vilnius this June. Around it, Repsense observed a small influence campaign form on Facebook within a single day - limited in reach, but built on a familiar three-role pattern.

The election lasted one day. The information campaign lasted eight months. Repsense's analysis of Armenia's 2026 vote shows how narratives spread, evolved and outlived the election itself.

Fidesz controlled an estimated 80% of the country's media landscape and had spent years building coordinated digital infrastructure on top of it. The opposition had neither. On April 12, Péter Magyar's Tisza Party still won 138 of 199 parliamentary seats - a two-thirds supermajority - on record turnout of nearly 80%.

On The Economist podcast The Weekend Intelligence, Repsense CEO Mykolas Katkus discusses disinformation and civil defense in Lithuania with Katie Bryant.

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