Saturday, September 20, 2025

Manipulation: Ukraine – Europe’s Poorest Country

The poorest country in Europe:  Ukrainians fleeing from poverty – such was the topic of an online press conference RIA Novosti Ukraine held on...

Bild: Russia practiced war against NATO, capture of Baltics during Zapad

By The Baltic Times Russia's recent large-scale military exercise Zapad was neither an "anti-terror exercise" nor "purely defensive", but a "dry run" for a "full-scale...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The US Congress is proposing a bill to counter foreign interference

Topics of the Week The Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament (ALDE) put forward proposals to act on fake news and misinformation and call on...

Russia’s RT Launches New French Channel Despite ‘Propaganda’ Charges

By RFE/RL Russian state broadcaster RT has launched a French-language channel despite being branded this year as a "propaganda" outlet for the Kremlin by officials...

Russia is practicing a form of geopolitical guerilla war against the West

By Octavian Manea, for Defence Matters What does Russia want? How should the Russian campaign against the West be understood? Mark Galleotti participated via skype in...

RT contributor says western press ‘turns a blind eye’ to events in Ukraine

By Polygraph Bryan MacDonald an Irish journalist based in Russia. However, the refusal of most prominent western media outlets to cover the breaking story from Kiev spells...

Russia-imposed court in Crimea upholds journalist Semena’s verdict

By RFE/RL The top court in Ukraine's Russia-controlled Crimea region has upheld a separatism conviction against journalist Mykola Semena in a case that has been...

Fake: UN Demands Ukraine Recognize Occupied Territory Documents

The publication of the 2017 United Nations Human Rights report for Ukraine last month immediately became fodder for Russian manipulation and disinformation. Komsomolskaya Pravda,...

StopFake #162 with Marko Suprun

This week we debunk fake claims that Ukraine’s autumn recruitment was a complete washout, that refugees will be resettled from Bavaria to Ukraine and...

Hybrid war as a challenge to the national security of Bulgaria

By Mihail Naydenov, for Bulgaria Analytica Hybrid war is not declared. Instead, it is just fought. The countries under attack are quite often unable to understand that they...