Putin’s repression extends well beyond Russia’s borders and into Western democratic countries, including Canada. Grateful to Alex Shprintsen, Terry McKenna and the CBC team for giving survivors the opportunity to share their experiences -and my own- with Canadians. youtu.be/teckdoLF0Kc?...

Must-read: For DFRLab, JHR-Europe's Marcus Kolga (@marcuskolga.bsky.social) tells the stories of 2 Belarusian-Canadian activists working in support of a free #Belarus, targeted by the Lukashenka regime, even on Cdn soil, through family & property they have back in Belarus: dfrlab.org/2026/07/13/d...

The Lukashenka regime is seizing property of Belarusian Canadians, harassing relatives + monitoring activities in efforts to intimidate them into silence. My new Atlantic Council DFRLab report on Belarusian transnational repression in Canada is featured in today’s Globe. dfrlab.org/2026/07/13/d...

Russians are increasingly realizing that Putin has dragged their country into hopeless economic + social peril through an unwinnable, strategically pointless, criminal war. That realization is becoming a threat to the regime itself. Let’s help Ukraine finish the job nationalpost.com/opinion/marc...

Canada’s Foreign Influence Transparency Registry takes effect on August 4. So what do these operations look like in practice — and who may need to register? We created this DisinfoWatch video primer to explain:

Trump's fair has been opened for 20 minutes today and there is still not a single soul there!

Canada’s Foreign Influence Transparency Registry comes into force August 4. By Oct 2, Canadians acting on behalf of foreign states or collaborating with RT, Kremlin-linked think tanks + groups like the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Assc must be registered. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Disgraceful. Spotted just north of Barrie Ontario on Canada Day. There’s nothing patriotic about defacing our national symbols.

“…if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn too” - President Zelensky, June 18, 2026.

X, Meta, Google +TikTok shape what millions of Canadians see every day. We cannot not rely on their goodwill. My new Balsillie paper argues for a Canadian DSA, aligned w/ Europe, to demands transparency, accountability + action against information manipulation. balsilliepapers.ca/bsia-paper/d...

The Kremlin is now threatening Canada over support for Ukraine’s defence industry and partnership with Ukrainian drone manufacturers. The tactic is familiar: invert blame, call Ukraine’s self-defence “terrorism,” and intimidate Canadian firms and workers. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russ...

If sanctions ‘do not work’, as FIMI outlets frequently claim, Moscow has built an impressive infrastructure to avoid them.

On June 14, we remember the tens of thousands of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians forced from their homes at gun point, forced into cattle cars + sent to Gulag camps in 1941. We must never forget + must demand justice for these Soviet Russian crimes. macdonaldlaurier.ca/perpetrators...

RWCHR's Brandon Silver and Sr Fellows Vladimir Kara-Murza and Marcus Kolga have all appeared before Parliament in support, building on the Magnitsky legacy championed by Irwin Cotler. Read more: www.raoulwallenbergcentre.org/en/news/2026... @marcuskolga.bsky.social, @vkaramurza.bsky.social

Even Russia’s playgrounds are now being weaponized by Putin’s regime. Children are being surrounded by vulgar militarist propaganda that glorifies war, normalizes violence, and conditions them to accept aggression as patriotism. www.rferl.org/a/russia-pla...

Canadian businessman whose company sells armoured trucks to repressive authoritarian regimes, including Russia, has been sanctioned by EU but both he and his UAE based company escaped Canada’s sanctions list. Why? www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Russia’s “Merchant of Death,” Viktor Bout, threatens nuclear war + strikes against NATO with Alex Jones. Classic Kremlin escalation propaganda that frames Russia as victim, NATO as aggressor, and support for Ukraine as reckless. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russ...

Vladimir Kara-Murza and Bill Browder will be appearing at the committee in the first hour. @marcuskolga.bsky.social is appearing in the 2nd hour. #cdnpoli #russiaIsATerroristState

Great to see Canada’s MFA, Anita Anand, in Tallinn tomorrow to inaugurate Canada’s embassy in Estonia. It was an honour to help lead the advocacy to establish the embassy + I remain grateful to @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social for her leadership in advancing it. arvamus.postimees.ee/8473865/marc...

Posted over on FB by disinformation scholar @marcuskolga.bsky.social. Russia's interest in Alberta separatism. #cdnpoli #ableg

Russia has no “right” to attack NATO. This narrative is designed to intimidate Western publics and weaken support for Ukraine. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russ...

Russkaya Obshina is Putin’s version of the Nazi SA: a violent, Kremlin and ROC aligned group whose members carry out vigilante raids + physical attacks against migrants, ethnic minorities, the LGBTQ community, and those opposed to Vladimir Putin. www.bbc.com/news/article...

#Russia is still there - every day - killing people in #Ukraine. Never normalize this war. Never look away.

A warning to Canadians that foreign adversaries, petty hucksters and MAGAsphere influencers are seeking to exploit the Alberta separatist and 51st state issues. We must prepare for an intensification of this threat. disinfowatch.org/foreign-inte...

This report from @marcuskolga.bsky.social is very much worth a full read. It also challenges our understanding of foreign interference, because US engagement with Alberta separatism is overt (not covert) and yet is still detrimental to Canada's interests. 🤔 disinfowatch.org/wp-content/u...

Missing from the headline and lede: “Russia has been running what CSIS describes as a combination of espionage, attempted sabotage and disinformation” www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Brand new Canadian Senate report on Russian information and influence operations finds "Russia’s disinformation poses an urgent threat to Canada’s national security, democratic institutions and social cohesion." Thank you Senators Kutcher, Yussuff and Dasko. sencanada.ca/en/info-page...

LUTNICK: It is outrageous that Canada will not put US spirits on the shelf. It is insulting and disrespectful to America SHAHEEN: They won't do it because of the insults from this president and comments like yours

Honoured to testify before Parliament about transnational repression - especially alongside courageous voices like @therchinsherap and Maria Cheung. Thanks to @shuvaloymajumdar for asking about the pressing need for Parliament to pass @jamesbezan’s Magnitsky amendment bill S219.

Refreshing to chat about the threat of health related foreign influence with people on the real front lines: medical professionals + leaders who protect our health + nearly 1,500 in the room. Terrific discussion w/ the ever-inspiring Tim Caulfield, Sen Kutcher + @formerantivax.bsky.social

RT is laundering Tucker Carlson’s calls for regime change in Canada, annexation as the “51st state,” and stoking Alberta grievance politics. This is how foreign propaganda attacks Canadian unity, sovereignty + inflames separation narratives. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/tuck...

A typically repulsive Medvedev and RT attack on Estonian + Ukrainian territorial integrity laced with misogynistic hate directed @kajakallas.bsky.social

Former Russian President Medvedev + RT are pushing Russian neo-imperial narratives targeting Estonia’s sovereignty + Ukraine’s territorial integrity. They mix historical falsification with misogynistic attacks on Kaja Kallas to legitimize Kremlin revanchism. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/krem...

Canada’s Parliament recognized the PRC’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide in 2021. Now a former Conservative, and sitting Liberal Canadian MP appears to reject the existence of forced labour camps in Xinjiang. Utterly appalling. youtu.be/gN46IJ1EH2U?...

I had the great pleasure and privilege of speaking with Brazilian journalists, civil society leaders, and government officials about Canada’s experience with foreign information and influence operations this week. Canada ignored these threats for too long; I hope Brazil can learn from our mistakes.

Resuming our🧵”Fascist Russia is a Threat to Canada”, see the great @kyivindependent.com article👇- it cites @marcuskolga.bsky.social that Moscow has escalated influence ops in 🇨🇦. As @stankutcher.sencanada.ca rightly notes: "We may not think we're at war with Russia, but Russia is at war with us."

Dan Boeckner est un tankie raciste. Il supportait l'invasion de l'Ukraine.

Arcade Fire guitarist launches apallignly hateful anti-Estonian and misogynistic attack on former PM Kaja Kallas: estonianworld.com/life/a-canad...

Thinking of the innocent lives stolen, and the terror millions have endured in Ukraine and across the Middle East, fueled by Iran’s Shahed drones and weapons of terror. International law failed to protect them. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

“Cipher is a human-in-the-loop AI agent system that requires a user to oversee the process to detect Russian disinformation campaigns in English.” Quotes @marcuskolga.bsky.social kyivindependent.com/canadian-ai-...

Rapid and persistent AI assisted monitoring and analysis of foreign authoritarian disinformation can enable rapid, preemptive inoculation against emerging narratives. Great to see Canada’s Cipher AI’s capabilities highlighted by the Kyiv Independent: kyivindependent.com/canadian-ai-...

Proud to be part of a Canadian team developing an AI tool to detect and counter online disinformation. We need scalable AI to detect and counter information warfare in real time. Builds on years work at DisinfoWatch to strengthen our ability to expose + respond fast. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

Russia is weaponizing -20°C cold to kill civilians by destroying Ukraine’s power, heat, and water. There’s no time for expressions of concern. The West must establish a humanitarian SkyShield over Ukraine. www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨The pro-Kremlin Pravda network is amplifying false claims about Alberta separatism, including a MAGA fantasy “+2 U.S. senators” payoff. Alberta isn’t a U.S. state. Kremlin-aligned disinfo targeting Canadian unity. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/mosc...

Eight refineries are funneling $500m–$1bn a day to Moscow by buying Russian oil. Sanction them, and Putin’s war economy collapses within six months says @billbrowder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Defensive and democratic preparedness isn’t panic, it’s part of deterrence. Canada must follow the Estonian, Swedish and Finnish examples to prepare Canadians for future crisis and conflict and establish a civil defence corps. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...

Engler’s NDP candidacy was rightly rejected for “echoing ‘Russian state propaganda’” about Ukraine and NATO. “The Canadian Foreign Policy Institute” is equally active in spreading such narratives. Good move by the NDP. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...

🚨 DisinfoWatch has identified a Russian-linked Pravda disinformation network amplifying Alberta secessionist events. The Pravda network amplifies Kremlin narratives to stoke division and undermine Canada’s cohesion, and among allied democratic nations. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russ...

Vladimir Putin expresses Russia’s “commitment to peace” every night by bombing Ukrainian cities and terrorizing, freezing, and killing civilians — and Trump, along with his real estate agent Witkoff, is enabling it. My two cents for CTV News last night: youtu.be/aSKt5mt_ZVQ?...

A painfully obvious warning of the coming tsunami of MAGA- and Trump-aligned influence operations targeting Canada’s national cohesion.