Journalist Identity Theft: How Russian Hybrid Operations Manipulate Media Trust. It becomes one of the most alarming tactics used by Russian disinformation networks in Europe. Pro-Kremlin groups impersonate real reporters to spread fakes. insightnews.media/journalist-i...

Russia intensifies its psychological operations in Poland, aiming to undermine public support for Ukraine and strain bilateral relations, General Staff of Polish Armed Forces said. Moscow amplifies anti-Ukrainian narratives through disinformation and provocations insightnews.media/russias-psyc...

Slovenian Media That Disseminate Russian Propaganda: Research. Kremlin-friendly websites, such as Insajder, consistently amplify Russian narratives, quoting banned Russian media and spreading distortions about the war in Ukraine and Western institutions #Slovenia insightnews.media/slovenian-me...

Thank you so much for the insightful interview and for sharing your expertise. It was an honor speaking with you, Dietmar. @dietmarpichler.bsky.social

The Russian disinformation campaign in Poland has been disseminating anti-Ukrainian messages and continues to spread false stereotypes about Ukrainians to demonize them today, Miroslaw Skorka, head of the Association of Ukrainians in Poland, stated. insightnews.media/russian-prop...

AI chatbots push Russian propaganda about Russia’s war—a new study says. Almost 20% of the responses from popular chatbots cited Russian propaganda media sources, many of which are under EU sanctions, the British Institute for Strategic Dialogue has found insightnews.media/ai-chatbots-...

“In Austria, it’s basically legal to spread Russian propaganda”: interview with disinformation expert Dietmar Pichler #Austria insightnews.media/in-austria-i...

Poland Records Increase in Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure. Minister of Digitalization Krzysztof Gawkowski claims that Russian military intelligence tripled its resources for malicious actions against Poland in 2025 #Poland #Russia #CyberAttacks #CyberThreat insightnews.media/poland-recor...

Czech Government Talks in Turmoil as Foreign Minister Candidate Faces Racism Scandal. Published Turek’s deleted posts revealed racist, homophobic, and extremist rhetoric. He's Automobilist party’s nominee for foreign minister. #Czechia #Turek #FilipTurek insightnews.media/czech-govern...

Dating Deception: Former US Air Force Officer Jailed for Sharing War Secrets Online. Former Air Force civilian, David Slater, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for leaking classified information about Russia–Ukraine war on dating platform. #USNews #Leaks insightnews.media/dating-decep...

EU Envoy Condemns Russia’s Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Grid as “Unforgivable War Crimes” #Kyiv #Ukraine #EU #MissileAttack #Russia insightnews.media/eu-envoy-con...

Skyranger 35: A New Phase in Europe’s Defense Support for Ukraine. A Strategic Shift: Frozen Russian Assets Become Weapons Funding #Ukraine #Drones #AirDefense #AidUkraine insightnews.media/skyranger-35...

How Russia Recruits African Women to Build its Kamikaze Drones For War in Ukraine. Alabuga: The “Economic Zone” Turned War Factory as Exposed by Media Investigations. #Alabuga #Russia #Africa #Shahed #Drones insightnews.media/how-russia-r...

Hybrid Influence Inside the EU: The Case of Hungary’s Georg Spöttle. Leaked Vetting Files Show Russian Hand Behind Orbán’s Media Network. #Hungary #RussianPropaganda insightnews.media/the-case-of-...

France’s Endless Political Crisis: Can Macron Survive Without Early Elections? Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after just 27 days in office—and his cabinet after only 14 hours—setting a grim record in #France insightnews.media/frances-endl...

Right-Wing Populist Andrej Babiš Wins Czech Elections: Should the EU and Ukraine Be Worried? Yet, Babiš fell short of a parliamentary majority, forcing him to seek partners among Eurosceptic and Moscow-friendly forces #Czechia #CzechElections insightnews.media/right-wing-p...

France to Try Captain of Sanctioned Tanker Linked to Russia’s “Shadow Fleet”. The Boracay’s captain, a Chinese citizens, was detained earlier this week when French military personnel boarded the vessel near Saint-Nazaire. insightnews.media/france-to-tr...

German investigators examine whether a cargo ship from Russia’s "shadow fleet" may be connected to series of mysterious drone flights over Germany in September. These incidents disrupted civilian air traffic and raised fears of Russian hybrid operations. insightnews.media/germany-inve...

Russia Threatens to Nationalize Western Companies if EU Seizes Its Assets. Putin signed decree enabling nationalization of foreign-owned companies in Russia. Many perceive this as prelude to retaliation if EU proceeds to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine insightnews.media/russia-threa...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the European Union to unlock frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with a €140 billion interest-free loan aimed at ensuring the country’s long-term military resilience. insightnews.media/merz-propose...

Former British MEP admits to taking bribes to promote Russia’s agenda. Former Welsh Reform UK leader and ex-MEP Gill admitted to taking payments from pro-Russian politician Oleg Voloshyn in exchange for promoting Moscow’s agenda inside the European Parliament. insightnews.media/former-briti...

Denmark Drone Invasion: Hybrid Warfare Tests NATO’s Readiness #Denmark #Drones #DronesInvasion insightnews.media/denmark-dron...

Moldova Election: Sandu’s PAS Wins Decisive Majority and Blocks Kremlin’s Hybrid Operation #Moldova #MoldovaElection insightnews.media/moldova-elec...

"Don’t repeat Ukraine’s path": Moldovan political analysts explain how Russian propaganda targeted Moldova’s elections. Andrei Curăraru and Nicolae Negru examine pro-Russian disinformation targeting #MoldovaElections, and use of Ukraine issue in this campaign insightnews.media/dont-repeat-...

How Kremlin Propaganda Is Engineering Moldova’s Vote: Study of Key Narratives Targeting 2025 Elections. In our analysis we identified pro-Kremlin outlets and Telegram channels and their narratives targeting elections in #Moldova #Disinformation #MoldovaElections insightnews.media/how-kremlin-...

Peace talks to end Russia-Ukraine war have become a central target of Russian propaganda. Russian media and pro-Kremlin voices amplified anti-EU and anti-Ukraine messages. We analyzed the content of one outlet and one author in #Poland who supported these narratives insightnews.media/przemyslaw-p...

Belarus’ Media Landscape in 2025: The Regime’s Tight Grip and Moscow’s Growing Influence. Analysis of Belarus' media market based on web analytics data, leading players, opposition media performance, and rise of Russian propaganda. #Belarus insightnews.media/belarus-medi...

Bid to join the eurozone united Bulgarians against pro-Russian forces. Bulgaria will most likely be able to join the eurozone. This step has opponents in Bulgaria: pro-Russian forces, including President Rumen Radev, are trying to block it. #Bulgaria insightnews.media/bid-to-join-...

Russian strike on Kyiv damaged a building near the EU delegation, Katarina Maternova, EU ambassador to Ukraine, wrote. Russia struck Ukraine with 322 drone and missile attacks. Ukraine's Foreign Minister called for powerful new sanctions against Russia. insightnews.media/a-russian-st...

Hungarian news websites that disseminate Russian narratives and their impact. In this analysis, we discovered a dozen of outlets that promote a pro-Kremlin agenda, demonize Ukraine & the EU, and repeat Russian narratives and disinformation about Ukraine war #Hungary insightnews.media/hungarian-ne...

Russia employs cargo ships to transport tanks, artillery, and other military equipment to West Africa while circumventing Western sanctions, according to AP. Moscow is increasing its military presence in Western Africa, sending weapons to Kremlin-controlled forces. insightnews.media/russia-boost...

German tech company may have exported technology to Russia via Slovenia despite new EU sanctions, according to investigation by POLITICO. Kontron, with offices across EU, UK, US, used its Slovenian subsidiary to export telecommunications technology to its Russian subsidiary at the end of 2023.

33% of Americans trust Russian disinformation—NewsGuard-YouGov survey. 10 false claims spread by Russian propaganda that went viral were presented to respondents in the US. One-third of Americans think that at least one of falsehoods is true #russiandisinformation insightnews.media/33-of-americ...

Russia’s new hybrid warfare and disinformation campaigns targeting France. US-based NewsGuard detected new wave of disinformation attacks from Russia aimed at French audience. 5 fake news topics received 56 million views #russiandisinformation #hybridwarfare #France insightnews.media/russias-new-...

Russian teenager Darya Kozyreva jailed by Russia for condemning war in Ukraine. Russian court sentenced the activist, who protested the war in Ukraine through poems and graffiti, to 2 years and 8 months in prison. #kozyreva #russia #RussiaIsANaziState insightnews.media/teenager-jai...

Rubio confirms to Rutte that the US is ready to withdraw from Ukraine peace talks #peacetalks #ukraine #nato #russiaukrainewar insightnews.media/rubio-confir...

Poland’s president wants access to France’s nuclear shield. Polish President Andrzej Duda said his country should seek the protection of France’s nuclear deterrent against a potential Russian threat. #poland #france #nuclearthreat insightnews.media/polands-pres...

Russia jails a hairdresser over a neighbor's claim of spreading "fake news" about the army. Parallel reality: what the Kremlin calls "fake news" is actually the truth. What Russia claims to be the truth is usually fake news. #russia #fakenews #russianpropaganda insightnews.media/russia-jails...

China keeps Russia’s military economy running, KSEI study finds. In 2023, China supplied 76% of all imported Russian machine tools, thermal imagers, optics, communications, used on the front. Russia’s imports from China reached $115 bln in 2024. insightnews.media/china-keeps-...

Russian GRU used sex toys and cosmetics to hide incendiary devices in parcels that exploded in UK, Germany, and Poland warehouses in 2024. Arrests were made, but everyone denies the charges. insightnews.media/russia-attem...

List of Slovak media outlets that disseminate Russian disinformation⚡—joint research with Espreso. We've identified the primary themes of several Slovak media outlets that promote📣pro-Russian agenda and denigrate the EU and Ukraine➡️ #RussianPropaganda in #Slovakia insightnews.media/list-of-slov...

Half of the US Senate, led by Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal, introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to impose sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin disrupts the US president’s peace efforts in Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar insightnews.media/50-us-senato...

Poland arrested and handed over to Kyiv a Ukrainian pro-Russian propagandist, Kirill Molchanov, a promoter of Russian propaganda, close to Viktor Medvedchuk, an ally of Putin who is accused of treason in Ukraine. He is accused of justifying Russia's war aggression insightnews.media/poland-arres...

The UK government is focusing on Russia in a security program designed to shield the country from harmful foreign influence, the British security minister, Dan Jarvis, said. Russia has been formally declared a national security threat to the UK for the first time. insightnews.media/uks-new-regi...

Russian drone spied on Italian research and defense facilities—media. Italian experts have recorded flights of an unknown drone, believed to be of Russian origin, in Northern Italy. The aircraft flew five times over the European Commission’s Joint Research Center. insightnews.media/russian-dron...

Top-9 news websites in #Slovakia that disseminate #RussianPropaganda. This study identifies a network of Slovak-language websites that spread Kremlin narratives and disinformation and cite sanctioned Russian propaganda media global.espreso.tv/russia-fake-...

As part of our research into pro-Russian media networks in Europe, we decided to focus on Slovakia after researching the media landscape in the neighboring Czechia and Poland. We'll find out how many websites spread pro-Russian narratives and disinformation and what their audience is in #Slovakia.

Drone Coalition allocates €20 million to purchase reconnaissance UAVs for Ukraine #drones #ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar insightnews.media/drone-coalit...

Austria reveals a Russian-driven disinformation campaign about Ukraine. Austrian intelligence found evidence of the operation by analyzing devices found during a search of the home of a Bulgarian woman detained and accused of spying for Russia #austria #russia insightnews.media/austria-reve...