As Germany prepares to head to the polls, pro-Kremlin actors are deploying an arsenal of disinformation tactics to manipulate public opinion and tilt the scales of democracy. Ahead of the Bundestag elections on 23 February, elements of the pro-Kremlin information manipulation ecosystem have escalated their disinformation efforts , aiming to destabilise the democratic process in Germany and shape the outcome more to their liking. Information amplification networks tied to the pro-Kremlin foreign