Context

Russia’s ongoing war of conquest in Ukraine was the first point on the agenda when EU foreign and defence ministers met in Brussels on 29 and 30 August.

In this longread, we examine the role of the Russian school system in social engineering, shaping a streamlined, Kremlin-controlled way of thinking for entire generations of youth.

Enter the world of IDI. A synthetic brainwasher created by the Kremlin, one of its latest tools in the quest to manipulate and control the thoughts of the next generation, where hard-core imperialist nationalism is disguised as ‘patriotism’.

An inauthentic network of YouTube channels pushed pro-AES and anti-Ukraine narratives after the Tinzaouaten confrontation.

Sometimes people think of August as a quiet time of year. In the history of Russia, as well as of the Soviet Union, August has instead been a time of dramatic events.

While most people prefer to spend the sun-filled afternoons of late August making the most of their remaining vacation days, the Kremlin’s agents of disinformation are hard at work churning out narratives that befit their twisted worldview.

The Kyiv regime is preparing a provocation with an explosion of a dirty nuclear bomb. The warheads of the dirty bomb have already been brought to the city of Zhovti Vody at the Eastern Mining and Processing Plant.

As signatures dry on a new defence pact between Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali, online gamers can play with these countries’ destinies in virtual reality.

23 August is a special day for historic events in Europe. The European Day of Remembrance, also known as Black Ribbon Day, honours the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes.

Earlier this month, on 1 August, a contentious law on ”transparency of foreign influence” took effect in Georgia.