Edward Lukas: Out of Shot
By Edward Lukas, for CEPA
Gangster dramas are the best guide to the Kremlin’s mindset.
Applebaum? Snyder? Belton? Or maybe some Dostoyevsky or Solzhenitsyn? Putin’s war...
Fake: Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Preparing for “Referendum to Join Russia”
Conducting “referendums” at gunpoint is a violation of Ukrainian legislation and international law. Neither Ukraine nor any other country will recognize the results of...
Be Afraid, Russia Tells Occupied Ukraine
By Kseniya Kirillova, for CEPA
The Kremlin is using a variety of tactics to intimidate and exploit the people of the occupied zones.
Vladimir Putin told...
Fake: Temporarily Occupied Part of Zaporizhzhia Region “Establishes International Contacts”
The international community does not recognize occupied Crimea or other Ukrainian occupied territories as independent republics, or the territory of Russia. Vladimir Rogov, quoted...
Anti-Russian Сonspiracy: Russia’s Ukrainian Grain Narratives
Ukrainian grain and Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian ports have become one of the central themes for Russian propaganda since the beginning of the full-scale...
Russia’s influence in the Balkans is growing just as the region’s fragile peace is threatened
By Andi Hoxhaj, for The Conversation
The EU continues to keep Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia on the waiting list to join,...
Odesa Missile Strike Fakes: “Ukrainians bomb themselves,”, “HIMARS hit Odesa” and “UN not condemning...
On July 24th Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed that Odesa was shelled by Russian armed forces. The information that a warehouse was hit with Harpoon...
Is a Military Coup Expected in Russia?
By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation
Pro-Kremlin sociologists record an extremely low level of protest activity in Russia against the background of the Ukrainian war....
Celebrity deepfakes are all over TikTok. Here’s why they’re becoming common – and how...
By Rob Cover, for The Conversation
One of the world’s most popular social media platforms, TikTok, is now host to a steady stream of deepfake...
Kremlin’s Tightrope Walk Between Fear And Bravado
By EU vs Disinfo
On July 14, just hours after we published our latest disinformation review about Russia’s imperial ambitions for Ukraine, the world learned of another...