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From Screen to Battlefield: Constructing the Image of the Enemy on Russian Television
As recently as early 2014, 66% of Russians had a positive attitude toward Ukraine and Ukrainians, but within a year, Kremlin propaganda...
2 days ago
Belarus: the campaign to harass and lure back exiled political opponents
The 21st of May marks the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus. We look at how the regime in Belarus has...
6 days ago
Exposing and analysing Russia’s FIMI operations
On March 19, the EU HRVP Kaja Kallas presented the 3rd EEAS Report(opens in a new tab) on Foreign Information Manipulation and...
May 21
Celebrating a new war
Well into the fourth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s real ambitions are well-known: to control, conquer and...
May 19
A glossary: who is who in the FIMI zoo?
The 3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats offers a wealth of insights into information...
May 15
Rewriting history: the myth of Russia’s invincibility
As the world commemorates 80 years since the end of World War II, the most devastating global conflict the world had ever seen, the...
May 12
Putin’s History 3.0 – historical revisionism in Russia of 9 May
On 9 May at the victory parade in Moscow, Putin is likely to present a new version of Russia’s WWII history along with updated...
May 9
The myth that won’t die: blaming NATO for Russia’s war
In the murky landscape of disinformation, few narratives have proven as stubbornly persistent as the claim that NATO expansion provoked...
May 7
In Russia’s FIMI laboratory: test case, Moldova
Last year’s combination of a presidential election and an EU referendum offered Russia an opportunity it could not afford to ignore, as...
Apr 28
Russia: Erasing Ukraine’s Memory
The Kremlin demands control not just of Ukraine’s future, but also of its past. Source Novosti Donbasa Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was...
Apr 25
Insult to injury: Russia’s cultural appropriation of Ukrainian artists
Clichés about countries, their cultures, and their histories influence the way we see and judge the world. For that reason, soft power is...
Apr 24
Belarusian kindergartens and schools as ideological front lines
Censorship , repression, and ideological indoctrination are increasingly shaping the information landscape in both Russia and Belarus. In...
Apr 22
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...
Apr 16
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....
Apr 14
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
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