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Repetition and runaway selection: pro-Kremlin disinformation this weekNavalny, the story continues, literally The flooding of the information...The disinformation ventilation of last week continues with some defensive pro-Kremlin strategies regarding the Navalny poisoning and protests in Belarus. -
Ukraine’s new National Security Strategy: A wide scope with foggy implementation mechanismsOn September 14, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the country’s new National Security Strategy, entitled “Human Security—the State’s Security” (“Bezpeka Lyudyny—Bezpeka Krayiny”) (President.gov.ua, September 14). Generally speaking, the document represents... -
Ukraine joins western states in non-recognizing Lukashenka as president after “secret” inaugurationOn 23 September, self-proclaimed president-elect of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka was sworn in at a "secret inauguration" that was not announced in advance. Apparently, the "last dictator of Europe" was afraid... -
US CV-22S special operation aircraft buzz Ukrainian capital, B-52H bombers enter airspaceOn Wednesday, 23 September, two tiltrotor military aircraft vehicles of the US special operation forces buzzed over the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, making their way along the Dnipro river. At the... -
Russian propaganda made up camps for Middle East refugees in Georgia: case of a forged letterFor years, Georgia has been the target of pro-Kremlin disinformation. In the latest example, the country has been targeted with a disinformation campaign based on a forged letter. As the... -
Students, IT workers quit Belarus for Poland, Ukraine, LithuaniaEconomic difficulties always accompany revolutions and Belarus isn’t an exception. Over the last 2 months, the Belarusian ruble has lost almost 10% of its value. But most importantly, Belarusian IT... -
Why eastern Ukraine continues to support pro-Russian politicians in the seventh year of warWith local elections coming soon, eastern Ukraine is expected to vote in favor of the pro-Russian ancien regime, the very politicians who supported a Russian invasion in 2014 and brought... -
Scandalous Ukrainian mayors prepare to win. Again.Local politicians in Ukraine are immersed in corruption scandals and controversial activities. Yet, Ukrainians spare them the cantankerous criticism doled out to national elites, and vote for the same old... -
Belarus hacktivists dox riot police after mass detentions of Women’s March participants | PhotosNote: this article was updated to include a new tranche of data shared at 20:40 on 20 September Belarusian hacktivists are increasingly flexing their muscles as protests against self-proclaimed president-elect... -
The Ukraine-Belarus border. Taking the Russian threat seriouslyIn a recent interview with leading Russian media, Alyaksandr Lukashenka stated that Belarus and Russia have a “single and powerful army”. Many military experts have previously reported that..."" -
Ukrainian MPs endanger independence of key anti-corruption body and country’s international supportOn 17 September, Ukrainian MPs voted for a decision that puts international financial support for the country under risk and threatens the independence of a key anti-corruption institution. In particular,... -
All that is wrong with defending RussiaDimitri Trenin of the Carnegie Institute Moscow is as polished as ever in his most recent article on Russia's failing relationship with the West, specifically Germany (Russo-German Relations: Back to... -
Ukraine’s new National Security Strategy: Russia as the aggressor, full NATO membership, and a few drawbacksAfter a nearly half-year delay, Ukraine's new National Security Strategy was finally approved by President Zelenskyy's administration. The principal issues -- full membership in the EU and NATO, Russia as... -
Ukraine-Russia peace talks are in a stalemate as Kyiv eyes ways to revise Minsk dealNine months have passed since the last summit in the Normandy Four (N4) format in Paris, when the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France resumed peace negotiations regarding... -
Ukrainian Parliament condemns Belarus elections as unfair, backs EU sanctions on MinskThe Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's Parliament, adopted a resolution that supports the EU assessment of elections in Belarus being undemocratic; it also supported imposing sanctions against those responsible for election fraud... -
Boosting the price of aggression. Ukraine updates its sanctions policy against RussiaThe Kremlin does not intend to abandon its aggressive policy toward Ukraine, the West and civil society. This is evidenced by the continuing aggression against Ukraine, as well..."" -
Lukashenka jails and expells all opposition leaders but Belarus protests show no sign of declineFollowing the imprisonment and expulsion of the leaders of Belarus' opposition movement, self-proclaimed president of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on 14 September, reportedly... -
Belarusian journalists on strike replaced by Russia’s RT strike-breakersJournalists at the Belarusian State Channels started a strike on 17 August. Alyaksandr Lukashenka reacted with almost immediately firing everybody and requesting Russia to send “shtreykbrekhers“, strike-breakers, to Belarus. 21... -
Supreme power of Putin’s FSB. Part 2: commercialization and criminalization, from “Bandit St. Petersburg” onwardDuring this year, Russia’s Dossier Center collected information about the structure, personnel, methods of work, and the main stages of development of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Open sources, information from... -
Defense team submits new evidence in Markiv case in ItalyOn September 11, 2020, the defense team of Ukrainian National Guardsman Vitaliy Markiv submitted new exculpatory evidence to the Milan Court of Appeals, Italy. The documents were submitted...""
