russia today. disinformation attacks. EU leadership. Ursula von der Leyen. Nazism

russian state media with a global reach, such as RT, Sputnik and others, accuse Ursula von der Leyen of planning a coup d'état against member states to militarise the bloc and lead it into a war against russia. She is allegedly assisted by an army of Brussels bureaucrats. 

In Moscow's history, von der Leyen's administration is based on an "imperial presidency", she is "Queen Ursula", according to RT (russia today). RT, as a covert part of russia's intelligence services, has been under EU sanctions since early March 2022.
russian state media have been trying to tarnish and vilify the European Parliament elections in June 2024 in a long-running campaign. The campaign continues now with statements critical of President von der Leyen and the EU leadership in general.
The start of the second von der Leyen Commission by 1 December 2024 has triggered another flurry of attacks against President von der Leyen, some future European Commissioners, and the European Union as a whole. The main issue that kremlin-controlled actors have with the next European Commission concerns its members and where they come from. "Insignificant people with inflated self-esteem" are the words of the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the russian Federation, dmitriy Medvedev.
According to this narrative, the new European Commission has handed over EU foreign policy to "russia haters". RT singled out former Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas as a candidate for the post of High Representative, Vice President Josef Sikela (former Czech Minister of Industry and Trade as EU Commissioner for International Partnerships), and former Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius as Defence Commissioner. RT calls the latter "the commissioner for the war against Russia". These accusations are only fragments in a series of personal attacks on EU representatives. In particular, Kaja Kallas is called a hysterical Russophobe from a country run by Nazis. Examples are here: https://archive.ph/jP5ie and here: https://archive.ph/FKOBK 
moscow not only wants to discredit individual members of the commission, but also the policy. In particular, the idea of an EU "defence union". russian officials and the media perceive these plans as a sign that the EU is now turning into a military alliance that will be subordinate to the US and NATO. "The EU is threatening to provoke a new major catastrophe with its militarisation",’ said konstantin gavrilov, head of russia's official delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control.
One russian newspaper explained the move towards a defence union as "fear-mongering by the Baltic states, Poland and some other Central and Eastern European countries". According to the russian Foundation for Strategic Culture, which appears to be another moscow influence operation with dubious grounds, the problem goes even deeper: imperialism and Nazism. The statement goes like this: "NATO's proxy war in Ukraine against Russia is a continuation of Western imperialism aimed at conquering Russian territory previously occupied by Nazi Germany".
The Nazi theme is an obsession that has dominated moscow's propaganda since late 2021. The latest accusation against President von der Leyen claims that she plans a "power grab" to turn the Commission into a supranational, authoritarian body that can punish EU member states that disagree with EU policies adopted in Brussels. Read more about this in a separate EuVsDisinfo article: https://euvsdisinfo.eu/grotesque-kremlin-farce-turns-into-a-bloody-tragedy/
The reasons for the kremlin's information aggression are obvious:● Firstly, this "hostile" EU policy includes the EU's unwavering support for Ukraine as the country defends itself against russia's illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion.● Secondly, the EU's desire to "increase funding for weapons to defend against the russians" is an adequate response to the threat and chaos created by the putin regime.
According to EuVsDisinfo.eu