Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Helle Dale: The Russian Propaganda War on Reality

The Russian government’s reliance on propaganda to advance its aggressive agenda and control its own population should give the West pause before partnering with Vladimir...

Odessa Media Publish Fake OSCE Report

Several websites in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa published a fake OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine report criticizing the actions of “Ukrainian...

Paul Goble: 15 Characteristics of Russian Propaganda

Russian propaganda makes use of so many techniques to succeed that Moscow novelist and commentator Elizaveta Aleksandrova-Zorina performs a useful service by listing in...

Report EAK – Internet and “information warfare” of president Putin

Aggressive propaganda accompanies Russian aggression on Ukraine, writes Akademia Europejska. Kremlin's "information warfare theory" grew bigger and became a crucial element of the "hybrid warfare". Kremlin...

Russia Insider Out

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.” -Voltaire Long...

Russian Propaganda in Georgia and the EU’s Measures

Russian propaganda in Georgia becomes more sophisticated. While media continues to be the most effective propaganda tool, Russia makes a wider use of specific...

Hybrid reconciliation

It seems that, subsequent to the "hybrid war" between Ukraine and Russia, reconciliation efforts have ensued – but only at first glance. In fact,...

StopFakeNews #80 with Irena Chalupa

The latest edition of StopFake News with Irena Chalupa. This week’s fakes include claims that Odessa’s iconic statue of its Duke de Richelieu will...

Russian journalists denied accreditation, Moscow threatens retaliatory action

The Czech Foreign Ministry has denied accreditation to two Russian journalists in Prague, eliciting an angry response from Moscow, which accused the Czech authorities...

Agents of the Russian World: Proxy Groups in the Contested Neighbourhood

Events in Crimea and Donbas have exposed the supportive role of Russian non-state actors in fomenting conflict, Orysia Lutsevych writes for Chatham House. Summary Anxious...