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Enter the galaxy: a network analysis of influence operations
Foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) operations are a complex and multi-faceted challenge which, as evidenced by...
5 days ago


The war on truth: Russian disinformation and Georgia’s path to EU
The Georgian Dream (GD) party’s decision to suspend EU accession negotiations until 2028 has fueled massive protests across Georgia....
7 days ago


Belarus: Prisoners on screen
Producing and airing so-called ‘repentance videos’ – in which political detainees supposedly confess, regret, or denounce their former...
Apr 9


Russian spies as disinformation actors
For years, one of the biggest obsessions of pro-Kremlin disinformation peddlers has been convincing their audiences that any and all...
Apr 4


Moscow’s failed attempt to pressure Moldova via gas deliveries
On 3 March, the third anniversary of the signing of Moldova’s formal application to join the European Union, Moldovan President Maia...
Apr 2


Behind the curtain: a novel analytical approach to FIMI exposure
The European External Action Service (EEAS) has released its third report on foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI)...
Mar 28


Sympathy With the Devil: The Lie of NATO Expansion
The Kremlin has accomplished something that even its most fervent propagandists might have considered impossible: Western figures now...
Mar 27

Why Russia has been trying to take Crimea for centuries: myths and true facts about the peninsula
The information component has long been an integral part of modern conflicts. Ukraine has always been the target of Russia’s massive...
Mar 20


The Myth of Russia’s "Friendship Within the Nations": How Telegram Destroys It
Despite the premise of tolerance and protection of ethnic minority rights in Russia promoted by state propaganda, a network of propaganda...
Mar 13


Schadenfreude over the abyss
Pro-Kremlin disinformation operators have tried to smear, delegitimise and humiliate Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his...
Mar 12


Reminder: Russia wants war, not peace
Lately, the aether is abuzz with the word ‘peace’. From providing the backdrop for stormy meetings at the Oval Office, to dominating the...
Mar 11


China on peace in Ukraine: What to expect based on the track record of Beijing’s narratives
With US President Donald Trump’s opening talks with Moscow on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, denying Russia’s role as an...
Mar 7

The end of transit: Russian propaganda in search of new ways for Russian gas
The Ukrainian-Russian agreement on the transit of Russian gas to European countries expired on January 1, 2025. This step severed the...
Mar 5


North Korea Fighting Against Ukraine: How and Why Russian Propaganda Denies It
Since the full-scale invasion, discussions have occasionally arisen about the so-called “Korean scenario” for Ukraine. In 2022, “...
Mar 4


Why is the Kremlin so hung up on smearing Zelenskyy?
According to the Kremlin: A drug addict, a dictator and a puppet, oligarch, collector of Nazi memorabilia and a Nazi himself, an agent...
Feb 27


Paper bear: the myth of Russian invincibility is blackmail for negotiations
The Kremlin’s flirtation with the idea of Russia’s invincibility started way before the recent heated Munich Security Conference . In...
Feb 24


The Kremlin’s energy myths melt away
The colder it gets, the more desperate pro-Kremlin disinformation becomes. This winter, the usual scare stories about Europe’s supposed...
Feb 20


Inflation, stagflation, and spin – the Kremlin’s economic war propaganda
Russia’s economy is under pressure, but the Kremlin does not want you to know it. Instead, Moscow has launched an all-out campaign of...
Feb 18


Why Russia wants you to doubt Zelensky & how it helps their war
The Kremlin’s propagandists began to “promote” a new narrative targeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and depicting him as a...
Feb 17


Underwater incidents, above-water lies
As undersea infrastructure in the Baltic gets cut, the Kremlin’s disinformation machine churns out cut-and-paste denials and deflections....
Feb 13
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