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Latest news Ukraine

UK intel: Kremlin suppresses criticism of its Ukraine war before Putin re-election bid

Russia restricts open discussion at universities ahead of Putin's expected 2024 re-election bid, tightening control of narratives and dissent in wartime Russia, as per British intelligence.

byYuri Zoria

Vladimir Putin and Moscow Patriarch Kirill presiding over a meeting with the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate on July 27, 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine, less than a year before the Russian annexation of Crimea and the occupation of the Donbas. The head of this Moscow exarchate in Ukraine, Metropolitan Onufriy, is seated in the middle of the front row. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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Hybrid War

Fact check for Tucker Carlson: Russia, not Ukraine, is persecuting Christians

Sorry Tucker, Ukrainians are still praying, just not for Russian victory anymore, no matter how you twist Ukraine's fully justified actions.

byMartin Fornusek

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Latest news Ukraine

Prigozhin shuts down media empire, and even his trolls turn against him

Yevgeny Prigozhin has apparently not only lost control of the Wagner PMC but also his media empire and…

byAlya Shandra

Latest news Ukraine

EU to launch platform to fight Russian, Chinese disinformation

The European Union will launch a new platform to counter disinformation campaigns by Russia and China amid growing…

byAlya Shandra

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International

Russian invasion of Ukraine puts “Trojan Horse” Bulgaria between a rock and a hard place

Recent news of the partial destruction of the Crimean bridge and the subsequent bombing of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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Hybrid War

Russian propagandists must be tried for inciting genocide and war – international lawyer

In May 2022, three committees of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada appealed to national parliaments in EU and NATO…

byOrysia Hrudka

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Hybrid War

Putin’s Big Lie: the “Donbas genocide” and “impending Ukrainian attack”

The narrative of "genocide" The narrative of “genocide” and “Russophobia” in Ukraine is regularly reiterated to Russian audiences…

byBohdan Ben

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Opinion

This is how western media lose credibility in Ukraine

An article titled Armed Nationalists in Ukraine Pose a Threat Not Just to Russia by Moscow-based Andrew E.…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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How disinformation helps Russia fabricate a pretext to invade Ukraine

The increased threat from Russia leaves security experts in Ukraine weighing various escalation scenarios. But if specific military…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

As Russia keeps raising the stakes in its gamble on the border with Ukraine, Ukraine is once again the main target of efforts to dismiss, distort, distract and dismay.

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Hybrid War

All roads lead to Ukraine: how Russia uses disinformation to support its efforts on the ground

Ukraine is no infrequent target of pro-Kremlin disinformation. Out of the more than 13,500 cases identified, cataloged, exposed, and…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

Vladimir Putin observes the Zapad-2021 military exercises on the Mulino polygon. Photo: Kremlin.ru

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Hybrid War

“Threat of democracy.” The real security concerns behind Russia’s lies about NATO

Russia is waging hybrid war in the cognitive sphere to confuse and manipulate. It tries to impose its…

byHans Petter Midttun

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International

Sweden creates Psychological Defense Agency to counter disinformation from Russia, China, and Iran

On 1 January, Sweden launched its Psychological Defense Agency, which will work to identify, analyze and respond to…

byAlya Shandra

9 minute read

Our top articles of 2021 you shouldn’t miss

The New Year is upon us, and millions of people around the world sum up their year. We…

byAlya Shandra

7 minute read

Hybrid War

How Russia and China are resurrecting the Cold War with Covid disinformation

The Covid-19 pandemic has been a game-changer in the disinformation scene. While the threat existed for decades, it…

byMartin Fornusek

3 minute read

Hybrid War

Exploiting the crisis in Afghanistan: Russian and Chinese media draw parallels with Ukraine and Taiwan

Almost in unison, Russian and Chinese state-controlled media outlets continue to draw direct (and false) parallels between Afghanistan…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

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Hybrid War

Trading socialism for chewing gum: Kremlin building military doctrine on self-deception

The Kremlin leadership has cultivated a special brand of “Dolchstosslegende” since the collapse of the Soviet Union 30…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

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Hybrid War

Kremlin’s chronic case of Anglophobia: mental war and Anglo-Zionist empire among week’s propaganda narratives

Russian official documents on security policy usually identify the US as the Bad Guy in international relations. Recently,…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

6 minute read

Ukraine’s largest online education platform to launch course on disinformation (we helped create it)

Ukraine's largest online education platform Prometheus is launching the free course “Disinformation: Types, Tools, and Countermeasures” The course…

byAlya Shandra

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Hybrid War

Ukraine, Crimean Platform, and the Witches’ Sabbath: this week’s Russian propaganda

The fact that seven years after the events unraveled on the Maidan square in Kyiv the Kremlin media…

byEU East StratCom Task Force

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Hybrid War

Afghanistan and Lithuanian-Belarusian border crises: this week’s Russian disinformation targets

As the international community reckons with the fall of Kabul and Afghanistan itself into the Taliban’s hands, the…

byEU East StratCom Task Force