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„Human Life Has No Value There“: Baltic Counterintelligence Officers Speak Candidly About Russian Cruelty

Source: James O'Brien / Eesti Express

The Estonian weekly Eesti Ekspress interviewed the heads and several employees of Estonia’s, Latvia’s, and Lithuania’s state security agencies. This is what they had to say regarding Russia.

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18.10.2022

Four Scenarios for Europe

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Source: Visegrad Insight, https://visegradinsight.eu

In the next years to come, Europe will be tormented by overlapping conflicts of varying nature, that will put additional pressure on the democratic setup of the Union and its immediate neighbourhood – writes Wojciech Przybylski, Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight, in the Executive Summary of new report: War and the Future of Europe.

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16.09.2022

NewsFront: Slovak lawyer producing pro-Russian propaganda

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Cover photo: kremlin.ru, Flag pole photo created by jannoon028 - www.freepik.com

The Slovak-language version of NewsFront is currently disseminating pro-Russian claims about the invasion of Ukraine. Who is the creative force behind the Slovak NewsFront site? The findings of the Investigative Centre of Ján Kuciak (ICJK) suggest it could be lawyer and member of the Slovak Union of Antifascist Fighters, Vladimír Zemko.

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09.09.2022

NewsFront: From Crimea with hate

disinformation, propaganda, War in Ukraine

Source: ICJK

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as we found out, NewsFront has been playing a significant role in spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives in some Visegrad countries – especially in Slovakia. A complex redistribution scheme allows Kremlin propaganda to avoid bans and reach audiences in the region.

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10.08.2022

GLOBSEC: Volodymyr Zelensky four times more popular than Putin in CEE

War in Ukraine

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66% of respondents perceive Volodymyr Zelensky positively, compared to only 15% viewing Putin favourably. Source: Rokas Tenys / Shutterstock

New GLOBSEC report, GLOBSEC Trends 2022, shows that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is four times more popular than Vladimir Putin. On average, 66% of respondents perceive Volodymyr Zelensky positively, compared to only 15% viewing Putin favourably and 78% unfavourably.

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13.06.2022

Title photo: kremlin.ru, NRSR, Twitter, Flag pole photo created by jannoon028 - www.freepik.com

The Investigative Centre of Ján Kuciák has discovered that Russsian Luzhniki group has conducted business activities in Slovakia for many years and that its members have profited from state money.

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13.06.2022

Shadow soldiers: who is supporting the Kremlin’s war in CEE

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Source: PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek / Shitterstock

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has activated a broad media and movement network in support of the war effort in Central-Eastern Europe, which not many people are aware of.

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02.06.2022

Bypassing sanctions

War in Ukraine

Source: Frycz&Wicha

EU imposed sanctions on selected goods shipped to Russia and Belarus. Few transport companies found a way to transport them anyway, despite restrictions. Border Guard maintains that our borders are shut tight, and controls are thorough. We have decided to verify that claim, and found a Polish company that agreed to transport restricted wares.

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04.05.2022

Russian Asset Tracker: Visegrad connections

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Source: James O'Brien / OCCRP

For almost a month, as a part of a joint investigation carried out by OCCRP and journalists from several media outlets, we have been examining where and how the assets of Russian oligarchs are hidden in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

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13.04.2022