The Next Attack on Russia’s Free Press Comes Into Focus

Someone in Russia desperately wants people to think the billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is preparing to sell off two particularly important assets: the energy company Quadra and...

Report EAK – Internet and “information warfare” of president Putin

Aggressive propaganda accompanies Russian aggression on Ukraine, writes Akademia Europejska. Kremlin's "information warfare theory" grew bigger and became a crucial element of the "hybrid warfare". Kremlin...

Russian Propaganda in Georgia and the EU’s Measures

Russian propaganda in Georgia becomes more sophisticated. While media continues to be the most effective propaganda tool, Russia makes a wider use of specific...

Hybrid reconciliation

It seems that, subsequent to the "hybrid war" between Ukraine and Russia, reconciliation efforts have ensued – but only at first glance. In fact,...

Russian journalists denied accreditation, Moscow threatens retaliatory action

The Czech Foreign Ministry has denied accreditation to two Russian journalists in Prague, eliciting an angry response from Moscow, which accused the Czech authorities...

Agents of the Russian World: Proxy Groups in the Contested Neighbourhood

Events in Crimea and Donbas have exposed the supportive role of Russian non-state actors in fomenting conflict, Orysia Lutsevych writes for Chatham House. Summary Anxious...

Riga’s fight against Russian propaganda

Legislation to counter Moscow’s ‘hybrid war’ stalls in the Latvian parliament, Konstantin Benyumov writes for Meduza. The fight against Russian propaganda has intensified in Latvia,...

The Baltics Versus Russian Media

Latvians bans another Russian media outlet while Estonia says it will just monitor, for now, and Lithuania is the victim of a cyberattack, . Estonia...

Rights Group of the Week: Planet of Hopes

On 4 April 2016, French authorities granted Russian rights defender Nadezhda Kutepova, founder and long-time head of the NGO Planet of Hopes, and her...

The Kremlin’s latest propaganda bogeymen: cartoon Scottish wizards and rip-off Harry Potters

Meet the latest bogeymen in the Kremlin's propaganda war against the West: cartoon Scottish wizards. A major new animated feature, backed by the Russian government...