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Russian scripts, Georgian voices: How disinformation targets the country’s Western allies: the US, EU, and UK in Georgia
In recent years, Georgian authorities have repeatedly and intensively accused the country’s Western partners, including the United...
Sep 11, 2025


Pro-Moscow Myths in Kharkiv Have Lost Support, but New Narratives Need to Be Created
The tyranny and mass torture that the Kremlin is using in Ukraine today, systematic shelling and rocket attacks on civilians, resulting...
Sep 2, 2025


Carnival to the Balalaika Beat: Latin America in the Crosshairs of Russian Cultural Diplomacy
The fourth annual Festival of Latin American and Caribbean Cultures took place in Moscow from July 19 to 27, 2025. The opening gala was...
Aug 22, 2025


The summit on a disinformation mountain
Moldova is rapidly moving towards parliamentary elections set for 28 September. Seen as decisive for the geopolitical orientation of the...
Aug 8, 2025


Humanitarian Aid Fraud and Social Media Propaganda: How Russian Influence Works in France
About organizations, people, and media that promote Russian narratives and spread the influence of the aggressor state in France. On May...
Jul 28, 2025


Russia’s Hybrid Playbook in Africa: Arms, Business, Propaganda
Russia continues to actively advance its interests in Africa. The Kremlin is using soft power to strengthen its foothold in the region....
Jul 24, 2025


The Kremlin’s tale of the European bogeyman
Moscow pays lip service to peace, yet its disinformation peddlers talk constantly of war. This is no accident. Portraying European...
Jul 17, 2025


The myth of betrayal: the West as the eternal enemy
T he myth of the evil West, always on the verge of attacking, served Soviet leaders well for decades—and it’s back in full force in...
Jul 11, 2025


Matryoshka’s Moldovan manipulation
In recent days, the Kremlin-backed Matryoshka disinformation network has launched a new blitz aimed squarely at Moldova’s President Maia...
Jul 7, 2025


Hate speech inciting mass violence against civilians is an international crime
The role of Russian propaganda in driving Russia’s aggression and other international crimes in Ukraine has by now been acknowledged at...
Jun 26, 2025


Never let a crisis go to waste
In the Kremlin’s playbook of manipulation, every crisis, every tragedy, is an asset. The Israel-Iran escalation is no exception. The...
Jun 24, 2025


African Initiative: Russian FIMI operation disguised as a news agency
The Kremlin has steadily expanded its foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) operations globally. We have tracked their...
Jun 19, 2025


An unpleasant incident
The Kremlin downplays Ukraine’s devastating attack on Russian military airfields, looking for distractions and feebly recycling old lies...
Jun 9, 2025


Georgia’s Foreign Agents law: protecting sovereignty or attacking civil society?
Georgia’s authorities have started a disinformation campaign ahead of the application of a new Foreign Agents law. A new law is...
Jun 4, 2025


History Wars: Lithuania’s Next
Smears, nit-picking, and conspiracy theories are ammunition for the Kremlin. By Edward Lucas History, in the hands of Kremlin...
Jun 3, 2025


From Screen to Battlefield: Constructing the Image of the Enemy on Russian Television
As recently as early 2014, 66% of Russians had a positive attitude toward Ukraine and Ukrainians, but within a year, Kremlin propaganda...
May 30, 2025


Exposing and analysing Russia’s FIMI operations
On March 19, the EU HRVP Kaja Kallas presented the 3rd EEAS Report(opens in a new tab) on Foreign Information Manipulation and...
May 21, 2025


A glossary: who is who in the FIMI zoo?
The 3rd EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats offers a wealth of insights into information...
May 15, 2025


Bosnia: Moscow’s Second Front in Europe
The Kremlin is playing games behind the scenes in the Balkans, presenting the West with a challenge and an opportunity. Source:...
May 13, 2025


Rewriting history: the myth of Russia’s invincibility
As the world commemorates 80 years since the end of World War II, the most devastating global conflict the world had ever seen, the...
May 12, 2025
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