Tehran’s Information Missiles: Refuting the Propaganda of a Kremlin Ally
The saga of Iran’s missile deliveries to Russia, which began in spring 2022, has reached a critical point. In early September, The Wall...
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5 days ago
Floating Megabomb Heaves to Near the English Coast
The MV Ruby, a ship carrying a highly explosive Russian cargo, is damaged and looking for a port. Whether or not this is hybrid warfare,...
Sep 18
Become an "oprichnik" or storm Popasna with the "Wagners": how Russia broadcasts propaganda in computer games
Propaganda appears in various popular computer games as an attempt by Russia to win over and persuade a new audience. Examples of Russian...
Aug 19
Peter Dickinson, Atlantic Council: «Ukraine’s international communications strategy should focus on highlighting Russian imperialism and the Kremlin’s genocidal objectives in Ukraine»
The Russian-Ukrainian war, which has been ongoing since 2014, has caused changes in the perception of Ukraine in the world. Abroad, they...
Jul 12
Huge sums stolen from key Russian aviation test center
An investigation has revealed that over 875 million rubles ($10 million) were embezzled during the reconstruction of the main testing...
Jul 5
Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ takes over Wagner Group’s lucrative operations on the continent
Moscow has effectively dismantled and largely taken over the Wagner Group and its African operations, once led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, in...
Jun 28
Belarus: the indoctrination of minors is rising in scale and taking on new forms
We have previously reported on the strong, state-sponsored indoctrination of youth in Belarus with Soviet-style, anti-Western propaganda...
Feb 28
Pyrrhic victories and crickets chirping in the graveyard
Last week, the Kremlin’s steely gaze was affixed on Avdiivka, lauding the capture of this patch of scorched earth as a breakthrough...
Feb 27
Russia is losing the economic war: the West must not lose its nerve now
Despite a whiff of 1938 defeatism in Munich, nobody should be fooled by Putin’s fantasies. Russia is running a ‘hot’ war economy. Defence...
Feb 20
Belarus: Militarisation of minors
One of our earlier analyses touched upon the Sovietisation of Belarusian schools that have lately been mostly renamed after Soviet...
Feb 16
A Message to NATO: Be More Baltic
As some Western nations waver in their commitment to Ukraine, the Baltic states have remained steadfast and generous allies. It’s an...
Jan 19
Yurts of Invincibility: One Year Strong in Kazakh Solidarity with Ukraine
The interest of Russian imperialism is not at all limited to the war in Ukraine; its tentacles are trying to cover all the countries of...
Jan 5
The Belarus KGB’s ill-conceived creativity
Surprising speaker from the KGB On 18 November 2023, a seminar titled, ‘Secure Belarus: the forms and methods of public safety’, gathered...
Jan 3
Kremlin Shady Horse Daniel Kovalik: Russian narratives under the guise of protection of human rights
The project “Shady Horses” delves into investigating Russian propaganda dissemination within Western countries through prominent...
Dec 4, 2023
Ukraine's David vs. Goliath Victory: Sinking Russia's Naval Ego Without a Single Ship
At the dawn of the war, the Russian Black Sea Fleet proudly sailed with about 40 ships of various types and 7 submarines. The Ukrainians,...
Sep 27, 2023
From Wicked School Pranks to Putin's Elite DKRO: The Evolution of a 'Shitty' Signature
During the school years many, hilarious stories often circulated about the audacious boys from the Soviet era who would deposit feces on...
Aug 25, 2023
17 months of Ukraine’s resistance: Russia-Ukraine war in numbers
We write about the number of victims, deportations, demining, environmental security, migration, education, culture and media during the...
Apr 21, 2023
NATO deterrence and defence: Military priorities for the Vilnius Summit
Source NATO Force Integration Unit Lithuania At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s July summit in Vilnius, the focus will...
Nov 30, 2022
Drone sales to Russia spark a debate in Iran
The revelation that Iran has sold drones to Russia that the latter is now using to attack Ukraine has touched off a debate about whether...
Nov 7, 2022
Pro-Kremlin disinformation focuses on Russia-Ukraine battlefield developments
Kremlin propagandists mainly pursued existing narratives regarding events on the Russia-Ukraine front line, ranging from claims that...
Oct 24, 2022
„Human Life Has No Value There“: Baltic Counterintelligence Officers About Russian Cruelty
The Estonian weekly Eesti Ekspress interviewed the heads and several employees of Estonia’s, Latvia’s, and Lithuania’s state security...
Oct 10, 2022
«One hour at Bucha is worse than eight months in Afghanistan» - American Legionnaire in Ukraine
Theodore Verona is one of the Foreign Legion volunteers in Ukraine. He is 32. He served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps, his military...
Aug 12, 2022
The free world can’t allow Taiwan to become a second Ukraine
A crumbling global security architecture brings a chilling prospect of the world order where smaller countries can be expendable. US...
Jul 22, 2022
Why do only the poor inhabitants of its outskirts go to die for Russia?
“The young, the poor, and the dead” is the headline of an article in Important Stories (rus. Важные истории) by Russian journalist Alesya...
Jul 19, 2022
Russian missiles strike Vinnytsia. DFRLab report
On Thursday, July 14, Russia launched an attack in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The head of Regional Military Administration in...
Jun 30, 2022
How ordinary Russians were turned into murderers and rapists through TV and smartphones
Article by: Liubov Tsybulska Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council on 21 June 2022, information warfare expert Liubov...
Jun 6, 2022
Three months of war and why one mustn’t get tired of it
It’s been 90 days since russia’s invasion in Ukraine. An invasion which was meant to be over in 3 days. This war has actually been going...
Apr 8, 2022
Dehumanisation and war. Irpin and Bucha
These days the whole world (including Ukraine) are paralysed with horror after seeing the pictures and hearing stories of the liberated...
Mar 8, 2022
Not a childish face of war (Video)
“Russian ship go f... yourself!” Today this phrase became part of the DNA of all the free people in the world. It turned out that a...
Mar 1, 2022
Victor Tregubov: Are you a foreigner who wants to help Ukraine? Here’s how
Editor’s Note: Victor Tregubov is a Ukrainian columnist, political blogger and the former editor-in-chief of Petr and Mazepa online news...
Jan 3, 2022
Lithuania’s defense minister: How to tackle threats bleeding into the new year
By Arvydas Anušauskas. Article first time published on USA based authoritative, independent, professional news website Defense News for...
Dec 20, 2021
Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan used to discredit NATO in pro-Russian media
In August 2021 U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan after nearly a two-decade-long mission launched after the Al Qaeda 11 September 2001...
Oct 25, 2021
Disinformation during Zapad-21 exercises
Introduction On September 10-16, 2021 both the culminating and final stage of the joint exercises conducted by the armed forces of the...
Oct 5, 2021
NATO special forces in Baltics need new skills — analysis
The flight of the US strategic bomber B-1B is coordinated by joint fire support specialists of the Lithuanian and US Special Operations...
Sep 21, 2021
Russian Military Drills Leave Baltic States Unmoved
The last time that Russia and its allies exercised as many as 70,000 personnel on its western borders during Zapad-17, the enormous,...
Aug 27, 2021
Liberal Democracy Is Worth a Fight
Not all battles can be won with language, arguments, conferences, or diplomacy. By Anne Applebaum We are sharing The Atlantic article...
Jun 10, 2021
Poland buys Turkish Bayrakar TB2 drones
Polish Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak announced the acquisition of 24 Bayraktar TB2 drones from Turkey. The deal was signed by...
May 21, 2021
Propaganda via Cinema: Russian mercenaries cynically presented as heroes
Newly built Russian film is glorifying “Russian gladiators” in the Central African Republic who are accused by the UN of robbery, rape...
Mar 26, 2021
Signs of Neo-Nazi Ideology Amongst Russian Mercenaries
This research is done by Lukas Andriukaitis exclusively for Res Publica – Civic Resilience Center. Lukas Andriukaitis is an open source...
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