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5 discoveries during war in Ukraine

Russia didn’t succeed in its Blitzkrieg, none of the russists managed to reach Kyiv in two hours/days (or in 2 weeks either). Kyiv is...

Mar 18, 2022

Analysis of the cyberattack on Ukrainian government resources

On the night of January 13 – 14, 2022, many Ukrainian government websites were defaced. As a result of the attack, access to the Diia...

Feb 16, 2022

As falsehoods about BelNPP spread, Kremlin media claims that cold-ridden Baltics are asking for help

With the temperatures in the region reaching sub-zero level, Latvia and Estonia are asking for Russia's help and persuading Lithuania to...

Feb 8, 2022

Pro-Kremlin media uses 30th anniversary of USSR collapse to ignite nostalgia towards the Soviet era

During the months leading up to the 30th anniversary of the USSR dissolution, various Kremlin-related Russian media outlets tend to...

Jan 14, 2022

Kremlin media asserts that international experts ‘found nothing to cavil to’ at BelNPP

After Lithuania handed a protest note to Minsk for rushing to start the second unit of BelNPP without meeting the necessary nuclear...

Dec 28, 2021

Supported by the Kremlin in the information war, Lukashenko started dropping hints of a nuclear one

After a major crackdown at the Belarusian border with Poland in the beginning of November, known disinformation sources were publishing...

Dec 23, 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...

Dec 20, 2021

Lukshenko uses Kremlin’s playbook to spread disinformation about the surge of migrants

Hybrid attack organized by the Belarusian state involves not only using migrants as a means of political pressure, but also aiming...

Nov 22, 2021

Quo vadis fake news – trends in disinformation 2021

Main trends in Kremlin disinformation from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe region. Report by INFO OPS Poland Foundation and...

Nov 12, 2021

By spreading disinformation, Minsk shifts the blame for increased migrant flow towards the West

As Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland grapple with a dramatic influx of illegal migration on the border with Belarus, the latter has started a...

Nov 10, 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 25, 2021

"A peasant farmer" and "our younger brothers". How Kremlin presents the situation in Belarus

Natalya Frolova, journalist The Insider, specially for Civic Resilience Center Res Publica. In telling the story of today's Belarus,...

Aug 13, 2021

Activities of the Russian armed forces on the front of information warfare - CyberBerkut

CyberBerkut / source cyber-berkut.ru Introduction Information operations conducted by Russian Federation against its political...

Aug 3, 2021

Russia traces in attempts to provoke national minority conflicts in Ukraine and Georgia

In the last few weeks at about the same time there were reports of attempts to provoke conflicts against local Hungarians and Ukrainians...

Jun 23, 2021

Prigozhin’s Troll Armies Exposed

This research is done by Lukas Andriukaitis exclusively for Res Publica – Civic Resilience Center. Lukas Andriukaitis is an open-source...

Jun 16, 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...

May 20, 2021

A short review of the infosphere-based information targeting relations between Poland and Lithuania

Illustration: Lithuania and Poland © Shutterstock Introduction Relations between Poland and Lithuania play an important role in...

Feb 11, 2021