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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, 2025


Schadenfreude over the abyss
Pro-Kremlin disinformation operators have tried to smear, delegitimise and humiliate Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his...
Mar 12, 2025


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, 2025


Russia’s Interference Freezes NATO Exercise
Moscow’s hybrid war has stopped a NATO military exercise in Romania. President Vladimir Putin’s disruptive meddling is causing serious...
Mar 10, 2025


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, 2025


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


‘Freedom Is Dearer Than Life’ Says Jailed Georgian Journalist
From prison, Mzia Amaglobeli has become a symbol of resistance against Georgia’s oppressive pro-Russian elite. In a photograph taken in...
Feb 28, 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


China Speaks to Europe in the Language of the Wolf
The appointment of a new diplomatic supremo for Europe sends a harsh message on Beijing’s next steps. When the president of the European...
Feb 21, 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


The Plague of Sexual Violence Against Ukraine’s Prisoners of War
Ukrainian prisoners of war are suffering sexual violence and rape, compounded by a suffocating silence that isolates them from the world....
Feb 19, 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


Poland and the Battle to Beat Russian Despotism
As Ukraine’s biggest democratic neighbour, Poland has done everything in its power to help Kyiv. There’s every reason to continue that...
Feb 14, 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


Using NATO’s Article 5 Against Hybrid Attacks
Hybrid warfare against NATO nations should trigger the doctrine of collective defense. But how would it work in practice? By Eitvydas...
Feb 12, 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
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