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For over 2 months in a row InformNapalm volunteers have been struggling with the wave of Facebook bans. Currently 4 of our active members are blocked for 30 days.

When we are attacked, we are quick to call on other countries for help. Fixing our own problems is a lot harder.

The leader of the Young Guard of United Russia Denis Davydov announced that this organization plans to create groups to combat opposition movements in every region of the country.

“Fake news” (“fakes”) is a generic term that is a product of media, where there is a need to place a short name on phenomenon for ease of use.

The Russian authorities have strongly criticised the British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, for saying that Vladimir Putin intends to use the 2018 football World Cup in Russia in a similar way to Adolf Hitler did when the Olympic Games took place in Berlin in 1936.

“Disinformation” – the act of deliberately putting out false information to distract people from the truth – is a Russian concept.

Recently, Russian propaganda has committed another abomination against the dissident Ilya Yashinand his elderly grandmother.

Deterrence and resilience are the two tasks facing the West as the threat from the Kremlin becomes ever clearer. Striking the balance between the two is the strategic challenge for the coming years.

The arrest of Marek W., a man suspected of spying for the Russian Federation showed that despite appearances, we all can feel threatened.

In many countries over the past few years, the political process — and social cohesion — have been threatened by various forms of disinformation, sometimes misleadingly and inadequately called “fake news.