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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


Nothing new from the east
Ahead of the German federal elections later this month, pro-Kremlin outlets employ the usual manipulative narratives including tropes...
Feb 11


Moscow Embraces Soviet Visuals to Justify War
Soviet imagery and narratives have been a central part of Vladimir Putin’s justification for his assault on Ukraine, and his propaganda...
Feb 6


The Kremlin’s strange idea of peace
Even before Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he professed that Russia only wanted peace, if only...
Feb 5


The Kremlin’s misuse of Nazism as a weapon of information manipulation
Russia’s obsession with framing Ukraine as a Nazi state serves to justify the ongoing invasion and to distract from Russia’s own...
Feb 3


Another election, another Kremlin interference attempt
As Germany prepares to head to the polls, pro-Kremlin actors are deploying an arsenal of disinformation tactics to manipulate public...
Jan 31


How Russia Spreads Propaganda Through New Year’s Programming
At first glance, it seems like a musical concert, but upon closer inspection, it is a means of state propaganda. Since New Year’s holds...
Jan 30


Revival of the Stalinist sport parades in Putin’s Russia
Putin’s fight with ‘neoliberal’ international sports On 17 October 2024, a few months after the Paris Olympic Games, Putin took part in a...
Jan 27


Five historical pillars of Russian imperial propaganda
Russia’s war against Ukraine goes far beyond military aggression — it’s rooted in centuries of historical manipulation designed to...
Jan 20


"True Europe," "Eurasian Civilization," "Russkiy Mir": How Moscow justifies its imperial ambitions across different regions of the world
This analysis examines how Putin's Russia constructs its image to justify political and military interventions in various parts of the...
Jan 16


Everything is going to be all right
Every year, shortly before midnight on 31 December, Vladimir Putin tells Russians that better times lie ahead, everything is going to be...
Jan 14


“Disinformation Is a Weapon, and We Are at War”: An Expert on Hybrid Threats in Romania
Interview with Susana Dragomir, political scientist, expert in strategic communications. In November and December, Romania held...
Jan 10
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