As Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) is keeping a close eye on Russia’s movements across the military, cyber, and information domains. With more than seven years of experience monitoring the situation in Ukraine—as well as Russia’s use of propaganda and disinformation to undermine the United States, NATO,
Finland has just become the thirty-first member of NATO and the silence from across the border in Russia is deafening. For more than a year, the Kremlin has been using the distant prospect of Ukrainian NATO membership to justify the largest European conflict since World War II. In stark contrast, Moscow has offered virtually no
At the start of Putin’s 2023 war with Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron, former banker and currently President of France, constantly pushed for ‘talks’ with Putin as Putin’s forces relentlessly bombarded the civilians and infrastructure of Ukraine with swarms of his Iranian UAV “doodlebug” bombers. And today, in light of Xi Jinping’s recent meetings in Moscow with
One of the more insidious developments in Putin’s Russia is the extent to which Putin’s “Thought Police” will go to ensure that the people of Russia do not even think that his war with Ukraine is wrong or unjust. As reported by Politico, “A man sentenced to two years in prison in a case launched
And so, for his three day visit to Moscow, the “Bromance” between China’s President Xi Jinping and Putin has caught the attention of the world audience. As reported by Helen Davidson and Justin McCurry,“Xi’s trip to Moscow has been viewed as a major boost for his strategic partner Putin, who is subject to an international
On Friday 10th March, Xi Jinping was unanimously elected as head of the ruling Communist Party of China. As reported by Oli Smith (left), “Xi Jinping will reign over China for at least the next five years after he was handed a historic third five-year term as Chinese president. Mr Xi was unanimously elected as
Putin’s latest onslaught against the people of Ukraine has all the hallmarks of a man desperate to cling onto power. As reported by Hanna Arhirova and Elena Becatoros, “Russia unleashed a missile barrage targeting energy infrastructure across Ukraine early Thursday, hitting residential buildings and killing at least five people in the largest such attack in
The internationally announced “peace plan” of Xi Jinping to end Putin’s war with Ukraine shares much in common with the Minsk “peace plans” of Angela Merkel, a “peace plan” that had Putin’s fingerprints all over it. The Minsk I and Minsk II “peace plans” pushed by Merkel onto Ukraine had, as its backdrop, the agenda
The dust is beginning to settle on the recent 2023 Munich Security Conference held in Bavaria, and top of the agenda was Putin’s war against Ukraine. DW : 15 February 2023 : YouTube As reported by EuroNews, “World leaders meeting in Bavaria have called for Western allies to increase military aid to Kyiv. The Munich
