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.
Bypassing sanctions
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. We have decided to verify that claim, and found a company that agreed to transport restricted wares.
Paweł Reszka: Reporter’s Journal
Notes from Ukraine written by Paweł Reszka, journalist of “Polityka” magazine, originally posted in Polish on his Facebook account.
Putin’s Orchestra: The Conductor and The Choir
Since the war started, the anti-vaxxer section has been playing in the Kremlin orchestra, lead by covid denialists and Confederation party members, with Grzegorz Braun at the forefront. Who is behind the anti-vaxxers’ network in Polish social media?
Czech and Slovak QAnon groups have incorporated Ukraine into conspiratorial worldview
People in Ukraine contribute to gather evidence of Russian war crimes
the non-profit charity EyeWitness launched a Ukrainian version of a special app for collecting evidence of alleged Russian and Belarusian war crimes at the beginning of March. Videos and photographs taken through the app could become relevant pieces of evidence in The Hague.
Behind the hack-and-leak scandal in Poland
There were over 60,000 emails in Michał Dworczyk’s hacked mailbox. We have new evidence, proving the attack was carried out by the group UNC1151, related to the Belarusian government and serving a Russian cyber espionage operation “Ghostwriter”. FRONTSTORY.PL has reasons to believe that attackers may still have vast amount of sensitive data from VIPs’ emails up their sleeves.
Putin’s Orchestra: The Supporter
by Mariusz Sepioło, FRONTSTORY.PL Fan of Putin and Assad, wood trader in Odessa, owner of numerous companies set up in tax havens, friend of spies, anti-vaxxer. Who exactly is Nabil Malazi? This article was originally published in Polish on FRONTSTORY.PL Grey block of flats in Gocław, a Warsaw neighborhood, where apartments serve as business offices […]
The shadow of Russian influence appears behind campaign for Hungarian minority in Romania
An EU signature collection initiative aiming to support Hungarian minorities abroad has taken a strange turn. Filmmaker László Pesty convinced his friends in government to receive a Hungarian state grant for an international PR campaign.
Márton Sarkadi Nagy
Travel agency “Eye of Sauron”
An organisation with links to Russian influence operations organised a trip featuring Hungarian Jobbik politicians and Polish journalists, among others.
