Opinions

By EUvsDisinfo ‘We didn’t kidnap anyone’, Russia’s then-ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, insisted in 2023. ‘We saved these children’. The ambassador was not simply...

By Paul Niland, for UkraineAlert As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approached the four-year mark in early 2026, the international media widely reported that the war had now...

Putin and his coercive security services have created a problem among ordinary Russians that has no easy solution. By Irina Borogan and Andrei Soldatov, for CEPA Russia is being...

By Serhiy Kvit, PhD President of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Professor at the Mohyla School of Journalism Effets Réels is an international literary festival...

By Kateryna Odarchenko, for UkraineAlert As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters a fifth year with no end in sight, Kremlin officials continue to push...

By James Rice, for UkraineAlert In recent weeks, references to a pro-Russian separatist movement in neighboring Estonia have begun appearing with increasing frequency on social media. The so-called...

The UK is constantly targeted by enemies seeking to change its politics through manipulation. It must follow the lead of France and others to...

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert Russia’s mass deportation of Ukrainian children is a crime against humanity, a new United Nations investigation has found. Published this week by the...

By Timothy Snyder, for EUvsDisinfo This article reflects key arguments from a debate hosted by the European External Action Service (EEAS) on 16 January 2026 Ukraine...

New reports underline how Chinese artificial intelligence models spout distortions about Ukraine and more. By Sarah Cook, for CEPA The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service’s 2026 International Security Report contained a...