How big is the Kremlin’s obsession with Ukraine? Spoiler: very big

It is old news that Russian state-controlled media outlets have little focus on Russia and that they are almost obsessed with Ukraine. But just how serious is this fixation with Russia’s neighbour country?

Kremlin Watch Briefing: The UK leads the fight against disinformation in Eastern Europe

The UK has launched a £10m programme that helps a network of Eastern European groups combat Russian and Russia-supported far-right disinformation. Pompeo and Lavrov fail to resolve U.S.

Fabricated news claims Poroshenko engineering 3rd round of voting

“Poroshenko is preparing for a 3rd round of presidential elections in Ukraine. Source: Elise Journal, May 15, 2019 False The inauguration date for the incoming president already is set On Wednesday, May 15, a…

Democracy as an act of defiance

The people of the European Union has voted. The second largest democracy in the world, after India, and the results of the election is ready.

Russia’s influence arcenal: Watch out, this is what China is learning from Russia 

Last week’s column looked at six political warfare tactics common to Russia and China, and three that are used (so far) only by the regime in Beijing. That leaves eleven Kremlin-only ones.

New U.S. Sanctions Bill against Nord Stream 2 not a trade war on Europe

“Actually, these are already not restrictions at all: this is a direct and unequivocal declaration of economic war against the entire European subcontinent.

Trolling European Elections 2014 – 2019

Kremlin attempts at election meddling in Europe started as far back as 2014, research by Cardiff University’s Crime and Security Research Institute shows.

Russian TV: Joe Biden covers up trade in human organs

The wife of Georgia’s ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili supervises trade in organs taken from wounded Ukrainian soldiers. And former US Vice President Joe Biden has been covering up the crime.

Russia’s international broadcasters: Turning the Serbian media into a disinformation hub

Sputnik Srbija leads the ratings for political disinformation among Serbian-language foreign media operating in the Balkans, according to an upcoming report by the fact-checking organization Raskrinkavanje.ba, based in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

Eastern Partnership = Alliance against Russia. Fakes about Ukraine’s EU Cooperation

Friendship vs. Russia, Russophobic organization, veiled colonization of Ukraine and other countries – these are just a few of the epithets that Russian media have flung at the EU’s Eastern Partnership program.