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In recent months, it has been rare to find a popular Russian political show that does not include calls for a nuclear strike against Ukraine and the West.

“I have personally been described as a pro-Ukrainian Catholic Nazi many times in the previous year. And I’m Jewish!” – Vyacheslav Abramov, founder and director of the independent media outlet Vlast.kz(opens in a new tab), talks to EUvsDisinfo about pro-Kremlin disinformation in Kazakhstan.

In the ethereal world of Russian state media, Vladimir Putin is never to blame for anything bad. Russia’s almost-emperor is above rebuke — an unwritten rule his otherwise cynical and snarling propagandists obediently follow.

The first line of the Ukrainian national anthem is perhaps best translated as “Ukraine’s glory has not yet perished.

Russian extremist propaganda may reveal more about the regime’s weaknesses than it would wish. Sometimes the audience is more interesting than the speaker.

To understand Russia’s current obsession with Ukraine, it is important to recognize that Russia was never a state in the common usage of the term.

EUvsDisinfo: You are an ethicist working on AI and disinformation, among other things. What does that mean in practice? What does an ethicist working on these topics do? Dr.

Vladimir Putin enjoys support across Russia, but his hold over his country isn’t as secure as it might first appear. As part of this summer’s St.

Conflicts continue to mount among the various “Kremlin towers,” and lately a curious trend has become discernible: Those methods previously used by the Russian authorities against dissidents have begun to turn against their creators.

After more than 500 days, not a single goal of the “special operation” in Ukraine has been achieved, yet Russians still back Vladimir Putin. Why?