Foreign Information Manipulation in the 2025 German Federal Election

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

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 FrĂĽhwirth, CeMAS. Or Yacobi, Alliance4Europe.  Pavla Tarozikova, Alliance4Europe     Executive Summary    The long-standing Russian Doppelganger operation...

X Geofence Breaking– Sanctioned RT Promoting Polish Presidential Candidate

X Geofence Breaking– Sanctioned RT Promoting Polish Presidential Candidate

Author: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Note: the issue described below was addressed by X after we contacted their representatives. As the Polish Presidential Elections approach, the international Russian influence apparatus focuses more on the country. While many of these actors are sanctioned by the EU, it is up to the social media platforms to...

Poland: Country Election Risk Assessment (2025)

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 the upcoming Polish Presidential Elections in May 2025.

Illegal Doppelganger Operation: Targeting the Polish Elections

Illegal Doppelganger Operation: Targeting the Polish Elections

Do you like the work we are doing? With your help, we can continue defending European democracy! Authors: Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. Maria Voltsichina, Debunk.org. Pavlo Kryvenko, Debunk.org. Contributors: Aleksandra Wojtowicz, ISD. NASK Researcher. This flash report was made possible through collaborations facilitated through the Counter...

Storm-1516 and R-FBI: Russian Attempts to Interfere in the German Election

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. This flash report was made possible through collaborations facilitated through the Counter Disinformation...

Analysis of the Impact of Belarusian Propaganda on the Belarusian Diaspora

Analysis of the Impact of Belarusian Propaganda on the Belarusian Diaspora

Analysis of the Impact of Belarusan on the Belarusan Diaspora Author: Belarus Strategic Communications Centre The aim of this project is to analyse the impact of Belarusan state propaganda on the Belarusan diaspora in Poland. The project includes a survey and focus groups among the Belarusian diaspora in Poland to collect data on their media...

Analysis of the Impact of Belarusian Propaganda on the Belarusian Diaspora

Narrative Report: “Belarusians are not Welcome in Europe”

Narrative Report "Belarusians are not welcome in Europe" Author: Belarus Strategic Communications Centre After the falsification of the results of the presidential election in August 2020 and the unprecedented level of violence against dissenters, Aliaksandr Lukashenka's regime has been persistently promoting the thesis of a failed attempt at a...

Sky’s the Limit – Russian Influence Operation Doppelgänger Expands to Bluesky

Sky’s the Limit – Russian Influence Operation Doppelgänger Expands to Bluesky

Summary - On January 17, more than 100 German language Doppelganger accounts become active on Bluesky, replying to posts by authentic users. During the same period, posts in English, Polish, French, and Turkish also appeared with the same pattern of behaviour. - The influence operation focused on narratives discrediting Ukraine and the German...