What we know about Russia’s active duty soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine from 2014
So who are these PoWs and where are they now? Most of the Russian regulars were captured at…
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
Russian state TV illustrates foreigners’ comfortable life in Russia with American living in EU
“Americans Who Have Fled Their Country Tell About Life in Russia.” This was the title of a news…
Facebook removed 364 propaganda pages and accounts of Russian origin
In short, Facebook has managed to identify 364 pages that claim to be independent news pages, but in…
Russian propaganda attacks Ukraine via Canada
The report inscribes itself in Russian state media’s long-term campaign to misrepresent and denigrate Ukraine and its allies. At the…
Aerial scout, Halyna Klempouz: There is no such thing as the impossible!
How did you become a volunteer? It all began during the Revolution of Dignity. I wasn’t there on…
“No Russian armed forces have even been in Ukraine” and other recent narratives of Russian propaganda
Read also on the Russian troops on the Ukrainian soil: The 75 Russian military units at war in…
The rise and decline of Donbas: How communists tried to make this Ukrainian mining region “the heart of USSR” and how it fell into Russian occupation in 2014
Despite the dominance of the Russian language and the Soviet image of Donbas as predominantly Russian, 56% of people in this Ukrainian easternmost region identified themselves as Ukrainians.
Russian attack on the Integrity Initiative: what makes the Mafia different from the police
In late November, a scandal erupted in the largest Russian media. Propaganda publications told us about the “British…
Italy’s La Stampa newspaper publishes striking images of life in war-torn Eastern Ukraine
Travan has visited the war zone in Eastern Ukraine several times “in order to capture the harsh reality…
12 facts about the Donbas that you should know
Contents Fact 1. Strikes and protests against Soviet authorities in Donetsk OblastFact 2. Home of the Sixtiers (Shistdesiatnyky)*,…
Steps against online manipulation taken by 43 countries in two recent years
This is according to a study by the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence, whose authors note that…
Russia may kill disabled Crimean Tatar with “most absurd” show trial yet
The 57-year-old Crimean Tatar activist, who had for 18 years suffered from numerous health conditions, was apprehended at…
From Stus to Sentsov: Ukraine’s Soviet-era political prisoners of the Kremlin
In the late 1920s to early 1930s, Soviet authorities continuously targeted different groups of intellectuals with repressive measures.…
Photo of fallen Ukrainian soldier wins Gold prize in Tokyo photo contest
Soldier Kobchenko’s photo – called The Last Sight – caught the eye of the international jury at the…
Ukraine remained under information fire from Russia in 2018
2018: Assessing the damage Read also: Ukraine-related narratives dominate Russian propaganda – disinformation watchdogs Out of the 212 reports appearing in…
From unstoppable immigrant flood to female Santa Claus: Christmas-time propaganda
New Year is a time for resolutions, but can also be a time of uncertainty. What better moment…
Attack on Hungarian centre in Ukraine: three Poles charged with terrorism in German journalist-planned plot
Since Russia unleashed its hybrid war on Ukraine back in 2014, it has been trying various means to…
1001 pro-Kremlin disinformation messages: Ukraine remains top target
Out of over 1000 cases that EU vs Disinfo has collected in 2018, Ukraine emerges again as a primary (and constant) target.…
Top absurd Russian fakes: what didn’t happen in 2018
What a year it’s been! 2018 will go down as the year NASA successfully landed a probe on…
2019 will be ‘a year without Crimea” for Putin, Portnikov says
The coming year, Vitaly Portnikov says, will be another “year without Crimea” for Vladimir Putin, one where he…