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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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


"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, 2025


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, 2025


“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, 2025


The Kremlin prepares for the Polish EU presidency
Poland took over the presidency of EU Council on 1 January 2025. Therefore, it faces intense disinformation attacks from top-level...
Jan 8, 2025
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