Vladimir Putin May Use Chernobyl Radiation To Blackmail Ukraine

by Richard Cameron   Vladimir Putin May Use Chernobyl Radiation To Blackmail Ukraine   It’s clear that part of Vladimir Putin’s overall strategy in his invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine, within the last 36 hours, is to find some vulnerability that would enable him to blackmail the Ukrainian government into capitulating and permit […]

Countering Russia’s ‘Ideologies For Export’ Propaganda And Disinformation War

by Kseniya Kirillova    Ideologies For Export Western countries have been battling Russian propaganda and disinformation campaigns for years. As Russian “information operations” spread around the world, more and more initiatives are being created to expose the lies and distortions emanating from the Kremlin: projects to expose fake news, analytical centers that review and monitor […]

Protests in Moscow: It’s No Longer Just a Game

by Kseniya Kirillova The recent protests in Moscow showed two trends that are quite new for modern Russia: first, the extreme brutality of the security forces during the dispersal of rallies, and second, the unprecedented resilience of Muscovites, who are heroically coming out to take part in clearly unauthorized actions where they knowingly face the […]