RUSSIAN INFLUENCE
VSQUARE SPECIAL REPORT
How Central Europe was trapped by Eastern input
Russian influencing strategies are like a swarm of bees: they consist of many small factors that don’t match one particular frame. VSquare Project report presents an analysis of Russian propaganda influencing, which turns out to be the main weapon used in a quiet information war.
Western Ukraine burning. How Russia sets fire to the EU’s external border
Disguised as Ukrainian nationalists, three Poles set fire to the seat of Hungarian minority in Ukraine. It might sound like a scene from „The Olsen Gang”, but it is not – it really happened. The country that benefits from the arsons is Russia. Authors: Anastasiya Moroz, Sebastian Klauziński, Szabolcs Panyi, Patryk Szczepaniak, Konrad Szczygieł (oko.press) […]
Police tracking journalists, not murderers
This was supposed to be a friendly conversation to help police investigate Jan Kuciak’s murder. She was interrogated eight hours, then her phone was taken.
Cast some votes for Putin
It was at the end of the day that we realized: they were cheating us. Suddenly it became clear that in Putin’s Russia, there’s no need to falsify votes in the elections. They know better tricks.
Mateusz Bajek
Stronger than evil
This murder has opened many issues not taken care of for a long time. We should never forget Jan Kuciak’s death. It’s a tragic mark in the history of Slovakia. But it has a potential to change something in the country.
You can not kill the story
Jano was not only one of the most reliable colleagues I have ever worked with, he was also a friend. I’ve known him for five years. And those five years were intense
The Model, the Mafia, and the Murderers
Reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancée were found dead this Sunday, killed by a single shot each. Kuciak was working on a story into the Ndrangheta in Slovakia. Here is journalist’s final story
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Nuclear lobbyists, Judo championship and Putin’s tricks
Hungary’s largest university teamed up with local Rosatom lobbyists in a freelancing effort to please the Russian president with a surprise award ceremony
From internet brigades to troll factories
The Russian online propaganda offensive has been launched after Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in Ukraine. The aftermath of this operation still echoes around the world today.
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The Dogs of War, the Dogs of Disinformation
The Kremlin propaganda keeps on fueling stories about foreign mercenaries fighting the separatists in Donbas. Are there really foreign death squadrons active in Ukraine? Yes. Are they Polish? No.
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Satan’s hand: Russian meddling behind Budapest’s metro chaos
The head of Budapest’s public transport was in the way of a Russian metro company’s business, with more than 200 million euros at stake. A KGB-style provokatsiya was utilized to get him fired and force the Hungarian capital to buy malfunctioning and expensive Russian metro cars.