Russian narratives about Baltic drone incursions miss Europe, land in Global South
By Nika Aleksejeva, Valentin Chatelet, and Lorenzo Ghidini, for DFRLAb
Russia-friendly narratives were laundered to Latin American and African audiences via Spanish, Portuguese, and French-language channels
Pro-Russia...
Victim-Blaming Kyiv, Pressuring Moldova, and Drone Disinformation
By EUvsDisinfo
IN SHORT:
• Russia tries to shift blame for its deadly strikes on Kyiv.• Transnistria is used as a tool to destabilise Moldova.• Ukraine...
The Dog That Didn’t Bark: What the Danish Election Reveals About Russian Influence Operations
By Valentyna Shapovalova and Yuliia Dukach, for EUvsDisinfo
According to Danish state authorities, there were no major foreign influence campaigns to speak of in the lead-up to...
Tough Love: Spies, Dating Apps and the Dark Side of Online Intimacy
By EUvsDisinfo
Dating apps promise connection, chemistry, and maybe even love. For Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services, they also offer something else: data, emotional vulnerability,...
Fabricated EU economic loss counter used to undermine sanctions support in Estonia
By Nika Aleksejeva, for DFRLAb
A global, cross-platform pro-Kremlin information influence campaign falsely claimed that the European Union (EU) is losing €65-135 million ($76-159 million) every...
Victory Day Propaganda, Masking Fear With Intimidation, and Abduction Denial
By EUvsDisinfo
KEY EVENTS
FIMI narratives downplayed Russia’s unease over Ukrainian drone strikes
Victory Day served as a pretext to refresh ‘Nazi Ukraine’ claims
Pro-Kremlin outlets sought to...
From Preschool to Adolescence: Expanding Ideological Control in Russian Schools
By EUvsDisinfo
The Kremlin has long injected propaganda into the Russian educational system in order to boost the ‘patriotism’ of Russian youth. Putin’s future ‘child...
China-Linked Spamouflage Targets Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Elections
By Digital Forensic Research Lab
A China-linked Spamouflage network is targeting Tibetans with growing sophistication but limited reach.
A Chinese influence operation consisting of ninety Facebook profiles...
Russia’s Election Interference Playbook Targets Armenia
By EUvsDisinfo
Russia continues its attempts to disrupt and interfere with democracies in its neighbourhood. Learning from its failure in its attempt in the latest...
Disinformation Review: EU Sanctions and the Kremlin’s Recycled Narratives
By EUvsDisinfo
KEY EVENTS
The EU has imposed sanctions on Euromore and Pravfond for influence operations targeting European audiences.
Pro-Kremlin disinformation recasts Ukraine as a terrorist and...