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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


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


Putin’s Limbless Generation Struggles for Support
Vladimir Putin’s propagandists can’t hide the growing number of disabled war veterans struggling with inadequate or non-existent...
Jan 24


“Gas Gangrene” of Kyiv and Moscow: The Informational Component
For the last three decades, Russia has wielded gas pricing and supply as instruments of political influence. What changed in 2025?...
Jan 22


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


1000 and 4000 days of Russia weaponising information in its war against Ukraine
As Russia’s war against Ukraine has marked two grim milestones – 4000 days since the initial invasion in 2014 and 1000 days since the...
Dec 31, 2024


1 000 and 4 000 days of using disinformation to hide war crimes and atrocities
Over 1 000 days into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is clear that the only thing more ubiquitous than Russian war crimes is...
Dec 27, 2024


1,000 and 4,000 days of censorship in support of Russia’s war against Ukraine
Censorship is a form of information manipulation. Russia has unleashed an unprecedented campaign of domestic censorship , and it has also...
Dec 19, 2024


Sovranita Popolare: The Kremlin’s Information Saboteurs in Italy
In September, the world media reported on the emergence of posters in Italy bearing the slogan “Russia is not our enemy,” urging an end...
Dec 18, 2024


1000 and 4000 days of rewriting history to support the war
The Kremlin has always attempted to rewrite history to fit its despotic policies and its current version of twisted reality. Its methods...
Dec 17, 2024


1000 and 4000 days of hate speech in support of Russia’s war against Ukraine
In over a thousand days of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, pro-Kremlin rhetoric has escalated far beyond disinformation. It has...
Dec 11, 2024


Russia Sanctions — No Time to Wobble
The impending arrival of a new US President provides opportunities to improve the measures and seek transatlantic unity. There’s a whole...
Dec 2, 2024


Empty threats and empty coffers
The Kremlin rushes to repaint fading red lines, brandishing its all-too-predictable nuclear stick to respond to Ukrainian long-range...
Nov 27, 2024


Russian cartoons – another weapon in the war against Ukraine
Yevgeniy Golovchenko, an expert on Russian political communication, talked to EUvsDisinfo about his research, Russian cartoons, the Rybar...
Nov 26, 2024


"Protecting Historical Lands": How Russia justifies the occupation of Southern Ukraine and explained its retreat from Kherson
On the second anniversary of Kherson's liberation, we recount how Russian propaganda shifted from assurances that "Russia is in Kherson...
Nov 22, 2024


Russia and China: Two Countries, One Threat
Since the outbreak of all-out war in Ukraine, debate has raged in the US on whether the Russian and Chinese threats can be separated....
Nov 21, 2024


Fifty shades of the Kremlin’s ‘red lines’
In international politics and diplomacy, clearly signalling one’s positions, or so-called ‘red lines’, has a real practical value – to...
Nov 13, 2024


Russian Cossacks Join the Kremlin’s Imperial Mission
The Cossack identity has become an increasingly potent symbol for both Russia and Ukraine, and responses to the festival of Pokrova show...
Nov 12, 2024


Liubov Tsybulska: Russian Culture is a Shining Trojan Horse with Tanks, Bombs, and Missiles Inside
Liubov Tsybulska. Photo by Maksym Polishchuk, Detector Media The strategic communications expert talks about how the descendants of the...
Oct 31, 2024
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