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…
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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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
The five biggest trifles of disinformation
“There is nothing as important as trifles." - Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”…
A year of disinformation in Belarus: Infographic
Disinformation is at the heart of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime. The illegitimate president of Belarus has been clinging to power based…
Reflexive control and hybrid warfare: an introduction into the 21st century Cold War
The first time I ever came across the term “reflexive control” was when I was reading a 2019…
Hushing up is also lying: this week’s pro-Kremlin disinformation
Sometimes, what is not lied about is revealing. Seven years ago last week, a Russian military unit shut down Malaysian…
Disinformation on the UN Charter as a tool of Russian imperialism
Other false claims concern “UN bias” and the UN as a “channel for Russophobia.” Still, the UN Charter…
This week’s pro-Kremlin disinformation: Ukraine, HMS Defender, See Breeze 2021
Summer steam While summer is upon us, accompanied by scorching heatwaves in several parts of the globe, including in…
Kremlin propaganda spreads divisions between Hungarians and Ukrainians by exploiting century-old Treaty of Trianon
The most effective disinformation efforts are tailored to the specific circumstances of particular countries and regions, exploiting existing…
Russian propaganda denigrating Belarusian dissident Pratasevich kidnapped by Lukashenka
The pro-Kremlin ecosystem has established its talking points on Lukashenka’s act of, in the words of the CEO…