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The Kremlin’s Pied Pipers Lure Children to War

By Kseniya Kirillova, for CEPA With no end in sight to Russia’s war of aggression, the regime is stepping up efforts to train the next...

Why Ukraine refuses to negotiate with “habitual liar” Vladimir Putin

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has dismissed mounting calls for a negotiated settlement with Russia, arguing that Vladimir Putin simply...

Moscow Distances Itself From Repeat of ‘Afghan Syndrome’ Among Veterans of War in Ukraine

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation Life at home is not always peaceful and full of glory for Russian soldiers returning from the war in...

Russian clouds thicken over Europe

By Stanisław Żaryn, for StopFake We can neither be short-sighted nor foolish and naïve. The threat of Russian imperialism is looming on the Europe’s horizon. “Russia...

Countering disinformation in Africa: human rights need to come first

By EU vs Disinfo In this candid discussion with EUvsDisinfo, Marystella A. Simiyu addresses disinformation and information manipulation in Africa advocating for rights-based responses. What is...

Attempted airport pogrom highlights rising antisemitism in Putin’s Russia

By Joshua Stein, for UkraineAlert An antisemitic mob stormed Makhachkala Airport in southern Russia’s Republic of Dagestan on October 29 intending to hunt down Jewish passengers on...

Has the Kremlin’s Dream of Global Chaos Come True? 

By Kseniya Kirillova, for CEPA In 2015, the Minsk Center for Strategic and Foreign Policy Studies published a report dedicated to Russia’s new geopolitical strategy. Its core finding...

Russian Propaganda Efforts to Capitalize on Fighting in Gaza May Backfire

By Ksenia Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation On October 7, following the brutal attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict began evolving into a full-scale...

Zelenskyy tells United Nations: Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio, for UkraineAlert Russia is committing genocide in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on...

It is still far too early to write off Ukraine’s counteroffensive

By Dennis Soltys, for UkraineAlert More than three months since the start of Ukraine’s much hyped counteroffensive, the slow progress of the Ukrainian military is...