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Oct 15

Beware — Mystery Balloons Can Carry a Punch

Hybrid warfare is getting ever closer to the line of all-out warfare. As usual, the Baltic states are the testing ground. Photo source...

Aug 28

Lukashenka’s cemented dictatorship in Belarus: four years since August 2020

Four years have passed since the rigged 9 August 2020 presidential election in Belarus. Ordinary people are labelled traitors and...

Jun 28

Belarus: the indoctrination of minors is rising in scale and taking on new forms

We have previously reported on the strong, state-sponsored indoctrination of youth in Belarus with Soviet-style, anti-Western propaganda...

Jun 10

Manipulated voices: Belarus’s disinformation targeting Lithuanian democracy

In the days leading up to Lithuania’s 2024 presidential elections, which were held in May 2024, a foreign information manipulation and...

Mar 12

Years of war

24 February was a sombre day marking two years of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. The war has also been a cyber...

Feb 20

Belarus: Militarisation of minors

One of our earlier analyses touched upon the Sovietisation of Belarusian schools that have lately been mostly renamed after Soviet...

Feb 15

Belarus update: absurd repression continues

The public space in Belarus is heavily controlled and the human rights situation remains dire. We have previously reported on large-scale...

Feb 1

All roads lead to Poland

Poland, one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, has long been among the favourite targets of pro-Kremlin disinformers and past weeks...

Jan 5

The Belarus KGB’s ill-conceived creativity

Surprising speaker from the KGB On 18 November 2023, a seminar titled, ‘Secure Belarus: the forms and methods of public safety’, gathered...

Dec 14, 2023

Russian and Belarusian information operations targeting relations between Poland and Lithuania

INTRODUCTION Relations between Lithuania and Poland have been steadily improving recently, and since the beginning of Russia's brutal war...

Sep 4, 2023

Manipulate the infosphere, repress the people, and build a cult to Lukashenka

It is now three years since Belarusian authorities manipulated, rigged and falsified the 9 August 2020 presidential elections in that...

Jan 25, 2023

A plan for Russia (and Belarus): Marshall vs. Martial? Hint: not a Marshall plan

The Russian war in Ukraine is far from being over, but perhaps it is a natural time to think about what will happen after the Russian...

Nov 16, 2022

Resilience Against Disinformation: A New Baltic Way to Follow?

Lithuanian people take part in a traditional relay race Vilnius-Riga-Tallinn dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way at the...

Sep 26, 2022

Allowing Russian and Belarusian participation in international competitions helps their propaganda

September 10th saw the celebration of the international Fencing Day. Under the motto ‘How will you celebrate: ‘Fencing is for life’, the...

May 12, 2022

In Kremlin’s spider web - social media analysis of the migrant crisis disinformation on Facebook

Comprehensive analysis of the networks of profiles, pages, and groups on social media has shown that Facebook pages and groups, which...

May 6, 2022

Yearly review: Kremlin media defends Belarusian NPP as its own offspring

Throughout the year of 2021, a widespread network of Kremlin-affiliated media was utilised to cover up multiple accidents and divert any...

Feb 8, 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...

Jan 3, 2022

Lithuania’s defense minister: How to tackle threats bleeding into the new year

By Arvydas Anušauskas. Article first time published on USA based authoritative, independent, professional news website Defense News for...

Dec 28, 2021

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 24, 2021

Adapted Tactic of Transnational Repression Successfully implemented

Author of the article Lukas Andriukaitis, exclusively for Res Publica – Civic Resilience Center. Lukas Andriukaitis is an open-source...