Vladimir Putin’s Endless Nuclear Threats are a Sign of Russian Weakness
When Russian President Vladimir Putin first announced the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, his official video address was accompanied by thinly-veiled nuclear threats aimed at Western leaders.
A simple explanation for complex issues, or the search for a scapegoat
Ukrainians are given priority in hospitals, while Poles are denied treatment – this disinformation narrative has been circulating intensively in the Polish information space recently, mainly on social media.
Punchlines: Wagner and Narva
Estonia responds to Russian trolling with ridicule. By Edward Lucas, CEPA Russia’s Wagner Group mercenaries are not the kind of people you want to see on your doorstep.
‘We’re Rabid Warmongers’ — Russia’s Propagandists Rage
The hardening of US measures against Russia has caused disappointment and rage among Putin’s mouthpieces. By Julia Davis, for CEPA The mercurial nature of the US President Donald Trump seems to be driving the Kremlin’s leading mouthpieces mad.
Russia reaps what it has sown – in European elections
The electoral process in many countries within the Russian Federation's sphere of influence has been the target of various Russian disinformation campaigns for many years.
Unmuzzled: German Spies
Political meddling has long hampered German intelligence and security. Not any more. By Edward Lucas, for CEPA Penetrated by the opposition, paralysed by legal obstacles and subject to political interference…
Ukraine’s Journalists — Death and the Battle for Truth
Reporters working in Ukraine are being targeted by Russia because Vladimir Putin’s regime fears the truth, their editors say.
The geopolitics of “American roller coasters”
In Ukrainian, what we call a roller coaster is called “American hills” (американські гірки). This linguistic coincidence took on a sinister geopolitical meaning in the fall of 2025.
Russian cultural tele-energy therapy for the West
More than three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and more than eleven years into the war that Putin's Russia has waged not only against Ukraine but also against international law and the…
Russia Cleanses Its Spy Agencies
Something odd and largely unnoticed is happening to Russia’s spies. By Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, for CEPA Putin’s intelligence services are being cleansed of non-Russians, a policy completely at odds with the agencies’ multiethnic histories.