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...

Analysis of the Impact of Belarusian Propaganda on the Belarusian Diaspora

Narrative Report “Presidential Elections in Belarus on 26.01.2025”

Narrative Report "Presidential Elections in Belarus 26.01.2025" Author: Belarus Strategic Communications Centre Published in the days before the published Presidential Elections in Belarus, which were held on 26.01.2025, this in-depth analysis examines the narratives propagated by Belarusian state media regarding the electoral process and their...

RT Germany Creates New X Account, Mocks Sanctions and the EU

RT Germany Creates New X Account, Mocks Sanctions and the EU

Author: Karolin Schwarz⁩. Editor: Saman Nazari. This Flash report was made possible through the Counter Disinformation Network. Summary The German-language branch of the Russian-sanctioned media RT set up a new X account in January and started posting on January 13. The account was banned by X on the 17th of January but restored on the 21st of...

Shor’s Echo: Influence Operations Targeting Moldovan Gagauzia

Shor’s Echo: Influence Operations Targeting Moldovan Gagauzia

 2.12. Image credit: Maxence Peniguet on Flickr, creative commons licence, https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxxp/ Author:Saman Nazari, Alliance4Europe. This flash report was made possible through collaborations facilitated through the Counter Disinformation Network’s IDA project. For more information, please read the last section of this report. ...

RT Germany Creates New X Account, Mocks Sanctions and the EU

Narrative Report “17 September – People’s Unity Day”

This report, authored by the Belarus Strategic Communications Centre, explores how Belarusian state propaganda manipulates historical narratives surrounding the newly established public holiday – "People's Unity Day". A celebration of the "reunification" of Western and Eastern Belarus in 1939, the event has become a cornerstone for rewritten...