Allowing Russian and Belarusian participation in international competitions helps their propaganda
September 10th saw the celebration of the international Fencing Day. Under the motto ‘How will you celebrate: ‘Fencing is for life’, the...
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- Sep 20
Kremlin propagandists seek to refute Ukrainian military successes on the front line
The Ukrainian military offensive was a key focus of Kremlin propagandists in Estonia, who sought to reject Ukraine's battlefield...
- Sep 14
Disinformation actors blame the West for rising inflation and push claims of 'Russophobia'
Disinformation actors in Lithuania continued to focus on the global economic crisis, blaming the West for rising inflation, while in...
- Sep 9
Economic Sanctions in the Discourse of Pro-Kremlin Messengers
In the context of invasion to Ukraine, narratives about the Western sanctions against Russia are an even more prevalent topic than ever -...
- Sep 8
Pro-Kremlin actors stoke energy crisis fears to fight back against economic sanctions
In Latvia and Lithuania, pro-Kremlin voices primarily focused on public concern regarding the current energy crisis in an effort to drive...
- Sep 5
Pro-Kremlin Wikipedia alternative off to a rough start
Member-only pages, restrictive content policies, and a lack of transparency: Runiversalis is a wiki in name only. Encyclopedia...
- Sep 2
Pro-Kremlin messengers use decontextualized report to spread claims of Ukrainian war crimes
In Lithuania, the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine war has become the focus for pro-Kremlin messengers with allegations of Ukrainian war...
- Aug 29
Disinformation actors exploit economic crisis to attack support for Ukrainian aid
New narratives seek to exploit current economic woes in Latvia, asserting that continued humanitarian and military support for Ukraine is...
- Aug 22
Visa solidarity: Baltic states don’t want Russian tourists
Even before the surge of those fleeing after Belarus’ rigged 2020 election, Lithuania had been providing shelter for Russian and...
- Aug 18
Disinformation actors focus on topics ranging from the events of the Russia-Ukraine war to refugees
In Lithuania, disinformation actors are turning their attention to the events of the Russia-Ukraine war but the Kaliningrad transit...
- Aug 16
Chinese Influence in Lithuania
This report is a part of #CCPinCEE, a series of reports published by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) analysing Chinese...
- Aug 12
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...
- Aug 11
Back to the (Soviet) basics: Ukrainian biolabs and dirty bombs in the Kremlin’s propaganda
The conspiracy theory about Ukrainian army developing bioweapons and aspiring to acquire a 'dirty bomb' became a culprit of the Kremlin...
- Jul 29
Refugees, sanctions, and military aid became targets of Kremlin disinformation about war in Ukraine
In its alternative universe, where the invasion to Ukraine is not actually an act of war but a 'special military operation', the Kremlin...
- Jul 23
Free Nations of Russia calls for independence
The well-being, prosperity and future of 144 million people living in Russia are falling down about our ears. Such are the results of the...
- Jul 22
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
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...
- Jul 14
Russian diplomatic accounts spread questionable story about anti-Russian stickers at Auschwitz
On June 23, the Russian Arms Control Delegation in Vienna claimed that anti-Russian stickers had appeared at the Auschwitz-Birkenau...
- Jul 11
Ukraine. Next steps: starting from rebuild, reforms, integration and other steps
It has been more than 130 days since Russia’s war against Ukraine began. Ukraine has shown that it is able to defend itself and win the...
- Jul 8
Russian hackers exaggerate impact of Lithuanian cyberattack
On June 23, the Lithuanian Cyber Security Center (NKSC) announced an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that were...