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By James Rice, for UkraineAlert In recent weeks, references to a pro-Russian separatist movement in neighboring Estonia have begun appearing with increasing frequency on social media. The so-called “Narva People’s Republic” clearly echoes the “People’s Republics” established by the Kremlin in eastern Ukraine during the early stages of Russia’s invasion in spring 2014. However, not everyone is convinced […]

By EUvsDisinfo From Texas to Alberta to Catalonia, the Kremlin amplifies separatist causes abroad while jailing those who voice similar ideas inside Russia. The Kremlin routinely accuses other countries of instigating “colour revolutions” and backing separatist movements. Given the Kremlin’s well-documented flair for projection, it comes as little surprise that Moscow engages in exactly the kind […]

By EUvsDisinfo Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has evolved into a dense and interconnected ecosystem of actors, infrastructures and narratives operating across digital platforms and geopolitical contexts. The concept of the “FIMI Galaxy”, part of the recently published 4th EEAS Report on FIMI Threats, captures this systemic reality. It exposes the complex architecture behind influence operations […]

In reality, the video features a woman talking about anti-government protests in Iran. Propaganda edited the footage and faked the heroine’s voice using AI. In the pro-Russian segment of the network, a video is circulating. In it, a woman allegedly discusses the injuries suffered by her boyfriend, a participant in anti-Ukrainian protests in Paris. The […]

The UK is constantly targeted by enemies seeking to change its politics through manipulation. It must follow the lead of France and others to take action. By Andy Pryce, for CEPA France’s first strategy to combat information manipulation, published in February, details four pillars: mobilizing the nation; regulating platforms; building capacity; and developing partnerships.  If fully funded […]

By EUvsDisinfo EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 4th EEAS Report on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Threats provides a comprehensive assessment of FIMI activities worldwide, based on cases documented and investigated by the EEAS throughout 2025. A key contribution of this report is the shift from diagnosis to impact through the FIMI Deterrence Playbook. By identifying critical […]

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert Russia’s mass deportation of Ukrainian children is a crime against humanity, a new United Nations investigation has found. Published this week by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, the report concluded that following the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Kremlin officials “at the highest level” have overseen large-scale deportations from […]

By EUvsDisinfo Tanks or missiles are no longer the main weapon in the attacks on democratic societies. Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has become one of the defining security and foreign policy challenges of the 2020s along with other hybrid threats. The term may sound technical, but the threat is anything but abstract, referring […]

By EUvsDisinfo Ukraine has emerged from its harshest wartime winter with its energy system battered by relentless Russian strikes designed to freeze civilians into submission. At the same time, a sustained FIMI campaign sought to spin the blackouts into narratives of Ukrainian weakness, division and European fatigue – claims starkly disproven by sustained public and […]

By EUvsDisinfo Key Takeaways Kremlin messaging has wasted little time pivoting toward the Middle East and Iran. A key objective has been to link Ukraine to the conflict. Disinformation narratives included attempts to tie the 2014 Maidan protests to broader regional instability and claims that Ukraine could stage a ‘provocation’ to regain international attention. The […]

By EUvsDisinfo Key Takeaways Kremlin messaging has wasted little time pivoting toward the Middle East and Iran. A key objective has been to link Ukraine to the conflict. Disinformation narratives included attempts to tie the 2014 Maidan protests to broader regional instability and claims that Ukraine could stage a ‘provocation’ to regain international attention. The […]

By Sopo Gelava, for DFRLab A coordinated Facebook network funnels users from groups to dailystandart, a monetized website publishing fabricated and misleading articles A Bulgarian website publishing fabricated or misleading articles generates revenue through the Adskeeper native ads platform, with a coordinated Bulgarian Facebook network driving traffic to the site. The Facebook network (two pages, nine […]

By Elina Beketova, for EUvsDisinfo Since Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the outbreak of hostilities in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, residents of Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories (TOT) have faced a steadily tightening system of information control. This process accelerated dramatically after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Today, an estimated 5 […]

By Timothy Snyder, for EUvsDisinfo This article reflects key arguments from a debate hosted by the European External Action Service (EEAS) on 16 January 2026 Ukraine is central to European history One of the most persistent distortions in discussions about Russia’s war against Ukraine is the assumption that Ukraine is historically marginal, an “edge case” […]

By EUvsDisinfo This week, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service rehashed old claims that European countries were planning to give Ukraine a nuclear weapon. FIMI narratives accused Ukraine and the United Kingdom of planning pipeline sabotages. And lastly, unfounded claims were spread about the Gulf states asking Russia to become the guarantor of peace in the […]

By EUvsDisinfo Have you ever paused at a glossy video promising that somewhere out there, families flourish effortlessly, women glow with confidence, and there are simply no gender issues to speak of? A growing chorus of YouTubers and lifestyle commentators, often paid by the Kremlin, paints precisely that picture of Russia. In their telling, it is […]

China’s Digital Silk Road has become a central channel through which Beijing engages Global South countries on digital infrastructure and, increasingly, artificial intelligence. By Kenton Thibaut, Iria Puyosa, Konstantinos Komaitis, for DFRLAb BANNER: Cover imagery derived from the Catalan Atlas (1375) by Abraham Cresques, held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Digital scan sourced from Wikimedia Commons. […]

Euronews did not publish such a story. Propagandistists generated voiceovers using artificial intelligence, supplemented them with stock footage, and edited them together with a fragment of a real Euronews video A video with the Euronews television channel logo is spreading online. In it, a reporter from Dubai allegedly claims that the biggest threat facing the […]

The claim does not appear on any of USA Today’s official platforms, and Parker Hempel, the ISW analyst cited in the video, has no record of making the statements attributed to him. Iran’s missile arsenal draws exclusively from Soviet and North Korean design lineages, and U.S.-manufactured systems are mechanically incompatible with Iranian launch infrastructure. The […]

New reports underline how Chinese artificial intelligence models spout distortions about Ukraine and more. By Sarah Cook, for CEPA The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service’s 2026 International Security Report contained a startling finding. It tested the Chinese open-source AI model DeepSeek for biased or incomplete answers.   “When discussing issues related to Estonia’s security, DeepSeek conceals key information and inserts Chinese propaganda […]