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COVID-19: Polish aid for Ukraine

Polish government helps Ukraine in fight against COVID-19. Polish humanitarian aid is given both by the state institutions and state-owned companies. On 15th July 2020...

Czar Putin wants a new age of empires

Ukraine Alert by Nataliia Popovych and Danylo Lubkivsky, for Atlantic Council Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is currently in the twentieth year of his reign – and he...

Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that don’t fit their...

By Adrian Bardon, for NiemanLab Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s ineffective pandemic response...

China’s disinformation threat is real. We need better defences against state-based cyber campaigns

By Sarah Morrison, Belinda Barnet, James Martin, for The Conversation The Australian government recently announced plans to establish the country’s first taskforce devoted to fighting disinformation campaigns,...

Brian Whitmore: Putin unmasked

By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA In the midst of an abysmally managed crisis, the Russian leader argues that he should rule forever. Why? Because he...

How the Kremlin tries to play US protests

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline Susan Rice, a national security adviser in the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, has said that Russia could be behind...

Kaspersky’s charm offensive: A Russian cybersecurity company launches a PR campaign

By Dr. Solvita Denisa-Liepniece, for CEPA Kaspersky is popular in Russia, less so elsewhere. Vladimir Putin called the cybersecurity company’s founder, Eugene Kaspersky, Russia’s answer to...

COVID is not the only virus: Russian cyberattacks are hardening Europe’s resolve​

By Franklin Holcomb, for CEPA The Kremlin uses its cyber toolkit to spread political disunity, delegitimize and destabilize national governments, and compromise European security. Russia’s operations target everything from European civil...

Brian Whitmore: Propaganda labs

By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA Covid-19 Has Revived the Freddy Krueger of Kremlin Disinformation Narratives  For years, Kremlin-backed media and surrogates have been vilifying laboratories in...

Propaganda backfire: the Kremlin’s conspiracy theories undermine its own authority

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Byline By supporting theories aimed at destabilising the US during the Coronavirus pandemic, Kseniya Kirillova reports on how Putin has opened...