This analysis was created in cooperation with analysts of the Slovak department of GLOBSEC and Hungarian Political Capital, with the support of the Open Information Partnership. We analysed the activities of pro-Russian anti-war movements in the information space of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. In this…

The past has a special significance in Russian politics, and the Great Patriotic War occupies a central place in Russia’s historical memory. The Kremlin and its propagandists use the events of 1941-1945 for various purposes, including in creating a narrative about Russia’s history. The events that took place during this…

World War II is an important element of historical policy and a point of reference in current diplomatic disputes. It is no different in Russia, post-Soviet countries and the countries of the former Eastern Bloc. The Great Patriotic War is used by the Russian Federation to strengthen Soviet resentment visible…

Vladimir Putin took power in 1999 as the second president of the Russian Federation. Relatively quickly, he began to recreate the myth of the Great Patriotic War, attaching more and more importance to it over the years. For him, it became an extremely important element of the historical policy aimed…

22 June, 1941 was a turning point in the history of the USSR. The Great Patriotic War began. The German operation “Barbarossa” was to change both the course of World War II and the history of the entire world. And it did, although not in a way Adolf Hitler wanted…

The Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group is glad to present the report on Kremlin propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war in the region. Trends of the week: Russia seeks peace, but the West pushes on the war.  Indeed, this is the West that launched this war; this is the West that…

The full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation forced Ukrainians to use all available forces and means to defend themselves. Among them were units of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine (SOF). Operators, trained by NATO specialists, quickly became a thorn in the side of Russian soldiers and commanders. In this…

The Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group is glad to present the report on Kremlin propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war in the region. Trends of the week: The only way to peace is negotiations with Russia. Yet, the West is still interested in the war to be continued, that’s why they…

The Ukraine War Disinfo Working Group is glad to present the report on Kremlin propaganda around the Russia-Ukraine war in the region. Trends of the week: “The US is responsible for the sabotage on the NS”. Russian-backed manipulators across the region came up with coordinated narrative about the attack on…

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, there has been a trend in which anti-vaccine accounts have been changing their narrative towards supporting Kremlin propaganda.  This phenomenon shows how strong Russian influence is. The following text gives an insight into how conspiracy groups, consciously or not, spread the disinformation…