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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

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