Those two examples that I gave you did have a significant impact on Russian speakers in Latvia. That is of serious concern. In 2020, the GRU Ghostwriter campaign that suggested that Canadian troops had caught COVID when they were at home and were spreading it to Latvians made national headlines in Latvia. It was a complete fabrication, but it was picked up.
Stories like this may sound small and insignificant and they may sound silly, but they do have an impact.