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Conspiracy theories swirl around many accidents, terror attacks or disasters. It's not surprising, then, that a host of different claims surround the crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.

Over the past two years, much has been written about the “Ukraine crisis. This phrase is, in fact, a euphemism, used purposefully by some and sloppily by others.

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 the media holding group RBC.

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".

Russian propaganda in Georgia becomes more sophisticated. While media continues to be the most effective propaganda tool, Russia makes a wider use of specific NGOs and clergy in promoting anti-western rhetoric in the country.

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

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

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

Legislation to counter Moscow’s ‘hybrid war’ stalls in the Latvian parliament, Konstantin Benyumov writes for Meduza.

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