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The Bewilderment of Kremlin Propagandists

By Olga Lautman, for CEPA The reaction to Russia’s defeats in Ukraine proves the old adage that victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is...

Muzzling the Watchdogs: Russia’s Media Crackdown

By Aliide Naylor, for CEPA Vladimir Putin says a former journalist’s 22-year sentence for alleged treason is “fair.” The Russian leader’s comments came on September 7,...

Russia’s self-defeating invasion: Why Vladimir Putin has lost Ukraine forever

By Taras Kuzio, for Atlantic council Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine was meant to extinguish Ukrainian statehood and eradicate Ukrainian identity. Instead, it is turbocharging the...

Chinese Influence in Bulgaria

By Ruslan Stefanov, for CEPA This report is a part of #CCPinCEE, a series of reports published by the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) analyzing Chinese...

Armenian in the Service of the Kremlin: Margarita Simonyan, the ‘Iron Doll’ of Putin’s...

By Taras Kuzio, for StopFake The West only came to understand the importance of Russian information warfare and disinformation as a strategic aspect of the...

Stop the accession. Finland is a target

By Stanisław Żaryn, for StopFake While analysing disinformation activities conducted by Russia, it is their propaganda dimension that comes at the forefront. In fact, Russia...

Russian embassy in Canada weaponizes social media to fuel support for Ukraine invasion

By Ahmed Al-Rawi, for The Conversation In order to curb the spread of disinformation by official Russian news sources, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission...

Even ‘Good Russians’ Should Stop Being Invited to Discussions about Ukraine and, if Invited,...

By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia A month ago, Olga Rudenko, editor of The Kyiv Independent, posted on Facebook a comment about an unfortunate characteristic of...

New Concept of ‘Russian Sovereignty’ Is Inextricably Linked to the War

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation Military experts loyal to the Kremlin are increasingly recognizing that Russia does not have the resources to implement President...

Mark Thomas: The Chinese Roots of Hybrid Warfare

By Mark Thomas, for CEPA It has been more than two decades since a little-noticed text foreshadowed China’s exceptionally broad approach to conflict with enemies,...