Georgian Election: The Kremlin’s Tactical Victory?
On October 26, Georgia held its parliamentary election, with the central intrigue surrounding the contest between the ruling Georgian...
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Sep 24
A History of Contempt: How Russia Has Struggled to Accept Ukraine’s Independence for 33 Years
Let us take a look at how Russia has been challenging Ukrainian statehood by disregarding borders, undermining sovereignty, and denying...
Jun 18
Another battlefield: Telegram as a digital front in Russia’s war against Ukraine
In this new report, the DFRLab investigates the role of Telegram in Russia since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Banner: Paper...
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...
Jun 4
Who’s really in the shadows?
Most people are naturally suspicious. And that’s not a bad thing. In fact, our innate inclination to doubt and question everything we...
May 24
Disinformation: Russia’s Old but Effective Weapon of Influence
The Baltic States have been subjected to a Russian smear campaign since the restoration of their independence. I The Metropol Gala It may...
May 20
A glorious future awaits
In Georgia, the controversial ‘foreign agents’ law was passed by the Georgian parliament, triggering widespread demonstrations in the...
May 6
Russian State Media Finally Admits it is Propaganda & that “Truth No Longer Exists”
Olga Skabeyeva, a notorious Russian propagandist and state television host, has played a pivotal role in shaping public opinion in...
Feb 2
Taiwan: How an Island Democracy Resists the Propaganda Onslaught of Beijing and Moscow
Lai Ching-te, chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was recently elected as Taiwan’s new president. The current...
Jan 26
The Kremlin’s upside-down world in 2024
The year 2024 will be busy. Continuing from our disinfo review of last week, we present a short New Year’s overview of the main features...
Jan 18
Groundhog Day of Evil
In Putin’s Russia, the calendar turns, but the story remains unchanged. A cycle of deception, oppression, moral decay, and futile...
Jan 3
Kremlin Shady Horse Daniel Kovalik: Russian narratives under the guise of protection of human rights
The project “Shady Horses” delves into investigating Russian propaganda dissemination within Western countries through prominent...
Dec 29, 2023
Bad Santa comes with deceitful gifts
The Kremlin’s master Putin is the bad Santa of disinformation. Every year, he returns to give a huge baskets of gifts we never wanted. In...
Dec 18, 2023
DIVIDE AND CONQUER: Russia’s information war against Ukrainian-Polish relations
Introduction One of the primary objectives of Russian propaganda and information influence in the Polish information space is to...
Oct 11, 2023
Shaping and manipulating the information space
In military jargon, officers sometimes talk about ‘shaping the battlefield’, referring to measures that set the conditions for...
Sep 13, 2023
One of these things is not like the others
Russian state-affiliated disinformation outlets try to ‘borrow’ credibility by impersonating legitimate media and government...
Jul 11, 2023
Why Wagner’s “Telegram mutiny” remains a dilemma for the Kremlin
Hugely popular in Russia, Telegram has mostly avoided Kremlin internet restrictions – for now. Banner: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Telegram...
Jun 19, 2023
How Russia's propaganda budget has surged since the Ukraine invasion
$1.9 billion - that's how much the Kremlin spent on its global disinformation operation in 2022! Debunk.org explains how the Kremlin...
May 10, 2023
Kremlin spent 1.9 billion USD on propaganda last year, the budget exceeded by a quarter
Since the media was compared to a weapon by Russian officials and propagandists on multiple occasions, the increased spending on the...
Nov 12, 2021
Quo vadis fake news – trends in disinformation 2021
Main trends in Kremlin disinformation from the perspective of Central and Eastern Europe region. Report by INFO OPS Poland Foundation and...
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