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Russia’s hybrid war
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Intel: Russia aims to destabilize Ukrainian unity through hybrid campaigns
Ukrainian intelligence reports Russia's new focus on destabilizing Ukraine from within through hybrid subversive campaigns.
2,370 UK-owned Russian companies profit from foreign money
British boycott of Russian business In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, pressure mounted…
How Russia justifies the murder of Ukrainians: Russia’s 2022 “genocide handbook” deconstructed
Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder called the Russian infamous declaration “What Russia should do to Ukraine” published on 3 April 2022 a “genocide handbook”. The text justifies the Russian murder of Ukrainians and the destruction of the Ukrainian nation, testifying an intent to destroy a specific group, which falls under the legal definition of genocide.
Moscow seeks to use Babyn Yar against Ukrainians; Ukrainians want a memorial to the victims
There are two competing projects for a memorial at Babyn Yar [also known as Babi Yar], the site…
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, 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…
Baltic-Russian borders today: A reversal of fortune from the First Cold War
Now, once again, barriers are going up between East and West not everywhere but where they are it…
How Russia will try to sue Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights
[editorial]After years of being sued by other states, Russia struck back at the European Court of Human Rights…
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…
Under the guise of human rights and anti-globalization: how Russian influence agent Alexander Ionov works
Anti-globalization in the pay of Putin Alexander Ionov is an extremely multi-skilled political functionary. Since 2012, he has been…
Alternative history: how Russia seeks to annex Kyivan Rus
“For the Kremlin, history is not something to be studied and remembered. It is something that must be…
Putin’s penchant for drawing and crossing ‘red lines’
One area where a significant step forward was supposed to be made in Geneva is cybersecurity, and Moscow…
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…
Information warfare at sea
[editorial]Liubov Tsybulska, Head of Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, dissects Russian information war accompanying NATO’s…
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…