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…
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How Russia will try to sue Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights
As in February Ukraine filed its ninth Inter-State application before the European Court of Human Rights against Russia,…
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
Not a day goes by without news from the south of Ukraine. Russia has recently deployed all of…
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…
Kremlin security boss dates back roots of “West’s Russophobia” to times of czar Ivan the Terrible
The database offers a plethora of colorful examples. Russian state radio Vesti FM suggests that Russia is the Jews…
Moscow speaking: the endless list of the Kremlin’s enemies
The said list, initiated by a Presidential decree, is meant to serve as a basis to prohibit certain countries…
“West’s attack on Russia”: Russian propaganda’s universal explanation of everything
But what looks like a complicated global situation, is, from the perspective of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets, very simple:…
Soviet Chornobyl-times instinct to lie still omnipresent in Russian propaganda
While Russia has declared a withdrawal from its vast military presence at Ukraine’s borders, Ukraine continues to dominate the flow…
Advisor to Russian Defense Minister warns of ‘mental war’: who is waging it and against whom?
A particularly telling point made by the Russian military advisor was that, “If in classical wars the goal…
“Dropping rumor bombs in Ukraine”: Russia’s building up disinformation around its military build-up
Preventively shaped narratives In 2019, the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, a Kremlin-funded think tank, published the essay “Securing Information…
Donbas: Russia creating fakes on the ground
In early February 2021, Margarita Simonyan, head of the Russian disinformation outlet RT.com, called upon the Russian leadership to…
Disinformation build-up: pro-Kremlin media reinvigorate their focus on Ukraine
Read more on the troop buildup: Four Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas as Russia continues troop buildup and…
Putin’s “Trojan horse” in Ukraine — Babyn Yar and Holocaust memorialization
The Russian project is indeed a “Trojan horse”, as Yost Zissels, a Ukrainian dissident of Jewish origin and…