Storm-1516 focuses on the dissemination of false stories, often via fabricated and impersonation websites. These stories are initially spread by pro-Russian influencers, anonymous “news” accounts, and parody/fan accounts
Interfering from Exile – Ilan Shor’s Demonstrations in Moldova
Interfering from Exile Fugitive Oligarch Ilan Shor’s Coordination and Promotion of Demonstrations in Moldova Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe Jakub Kubś, GLOBSEC Hannah Schimmele, Polisphere Ewan Casandjian, Alliance4Europe Joel Boehme, Alliance4Europe Thomas Smelter, Alliance4Europe. Contributors: Cu Sens Ziarul de Garda Executive…
Flagged and Ignored: Testing X’s Response to EU Sanction Violations
X failed to remove EU sanctioned Russian content when flagged, raising concerns over compliance with EU law and the DSA.
Foreign Information Manipulation in the 2025 German Federal Election
Authors & Consortium organisationsISD, Alliance4Europe, Debunk.org, GMF Alliance for Securing Democracy, DEN Institute, EU DisinfoLab. Project Contributors: Karolin Schwarz, CeMAS, Polisphere, 411 and Kemea Foreign and domestic actors exploited societal divides ahead of Germany’s 2025 federal election. Russian-aligned campaigns used…
The Masquerade Continues: Doppelgänger Interferes with Polish Elections
Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Jakub Kubs, GLOBSEC. Wojciech Solak, Independent Researcher. Aleksandra Wojtowicz, Independent Researcher. Contributors: Lea Frühwirth, CeMAS. Or Yacobi, Alliance4Europe. Pavla Tarozikova, Alliance4Europe Executive Summary The long-standing Russian Doppelganger operation…
Banned, Yet Broadcasting: Sanctioned Belarusian State Media Influencing the Polish Elections
By Givi Gigitashvili, DFRLab, Martyna Hoffman, Political Accountability Foundation, Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe This report was written as part of a collaboration between the DFRLab, the Political Accountability Foundation, and Alliance4Europe. Read the same report on the website of the DFRLab here. Executive Summary Belarusian…
Poland: Country Election Risk Assessment (2025)
The Polish Presidential Elections in May 2025 are a critical democratic event. However, the current geopolitical climate, coupled with the increasing sophistication of FIMI tactics, threatens these elections’ fairness and integrity.. This report assesses the risks posed by Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) to the integrity of…
Illegal Doppelganger Operation: Targeting the Polish Elections
Do you like the work we are doing? With your help, we can continue defending European democracy! Donate!Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Maria Voltsichina, Debunk.org. Pavlo Kryvenko, Debunk.org. Contributors: Aleksandra Wojtowicz, ISD. NASK Researcher. Introduction This report illustrates how the Russian influence operation…
Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election
Authors: Julia Smirnova, CeMAS, Karolin Schwarz, Independent, Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. English language editors: Joel Haglund and Bia Bittencourt, Alliance4Europe. Read the German language version of this article on CeMAS website. 1. Introduction Research by CORRECTIV, Newsguard and Gnida Project documented how the Russian influence…
Sanctioned but Thriving: How Online Platforms Fail To Address the Widespread Presence of Entities Under EU Sanction
Today, Alliance4Europe and Science Feedback unveil their latest report covering the failure of Big Tech platforms to uphold EU sanctions on Russian and Belarussian propaganda actors. This publication builds on five previous reports published in 2024, flagging the prevalence of sanctioned actors on the platforms of Meta, Google, TikTok, Telegram,…