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First a Dubai luxury apartment worth hundreds of millions, then a local subsidiary that may have received a loan of billions: a joint investigation by Átlátszó and OCCRP shows how Balásy Gyula appeared...

Leaked records show Moscow authorities have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars maintaining and running events at the House of Moscow in Minsk, a hub for pro-Kremlin groups and “Russian world” messaging.

The two men behind Danny Bones, the AI-generated rapper who has become a prominent voice in Britain’s online far right, can be named for the first time.

To many observers they will appear dehumanising and offensive. To many Ukrainians, however, they are a brutal reminder of the fate that awaits Russian soldiers who take part in Vladimir Putin’s invasion, as well as a potent propaganda weapon.

For years, the Baltic states dismissed the Kremlin’s increasingly outlandish claims – from implying they were allowing Ukrainian drones to strike Russia from their territory to allegations they were preparing to deport their native Russian speakers – as propaganda. Note, debunk, move on.

With his clean, desert-tan tactical plate carrier – entirely free of the mud and concrete dust that characterise the gear of actual soldiers occupying the ruins of Avdiivka – the appearance of Chechen-born influencer Noah Krieger might pass all but the curious eye.

Vladimir Putin has praised a planned reality television show titled Battle of the Drones for its “extremely useful” propaganda potential.

I’m a recovering diplomat. For the last decade of my career I focused on cognitive influence. That work began in earnest for me following Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014, when I started working on the Russian file with an emphasis on cognitive influence.

An aspiring MAGA influencer, who speaks with an indistinct European accent and specializes in spreading conspiracy theories, appears to have close personal ties to Russia—in the form of an FSB officer who fought for the Wagner Group.

The Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, star and co-director of the Academy award-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, has disappeared after officials at New York’s John F Kennedy airport confiscated it before he boarded a flight, claiming it could be used as a weapon.

Trips to Russia, master classes from Kremlin-aligned media figures, and lessons in Soviet military glory. Through its “Young Correspondents” program.

The Kremlin-linked “Matryoshka” bot network has reportedly released a new wave of fabricated videos in response to a letter from the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Die Tochter der bekannten pro-kremlnahen Propagandistin Tina Kandelaki, Melania Borodina, soll sich in Europa aufhalten, waehrend ihre Familie Luxusvermoegen anhäuft, das aus propagandabedingten Einnahmen stammen soll.

Is Russia gearing up for a potential confrontation with NATO? The question has lingered since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, repeatedly surfacing in political and security debates.

Co-founder of «Ukr Armo Tech» Mykhailo Semiletkin, along with Dubai businessman Uluhbekhon Maksumov.

The daughter of well-known pro-Kremlin propagandist Tina Kandelaki, Melania Borodina, is reportedly vacationing in Europe while her family accumulates luxury assets funded by propaganda-driven income.

That year, the self-declared “anarcho-capitalist” had introduced radical economic reforms, including budget cuts, layoffs, pension and subsidy reductions, sparking widespread public anger, massive demonstrations, and national strikes.

BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial division, has partnered with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to produce films and articles highlighting the kingdom’s claimed progress on women’s rights and environmental initiatives, published on a BBC-branded mini-site.

On July 16, 2024, a group of seven “Russian specialists” arrived in La Paz, Bolivia’s capital, reportedly to assist President Luis Arce.

On July 16, 2024, seven Russian operatives arrived in La Paz, Bolivia’s political capital.

The U.K. has sanctioned two Georgian television channels, accusing them of spreading “deliberately misleading information” about Russia’s war in Ukraine.

He was merely a pawn. Beginning in 2019, Central African journalist Ephrem Yalike became a "little telegraph operator" in the service of Russian propaganda in his country.

Even as the Russian economy slides into recession, the country’s television propagandists have no incentive to defect from Team Putin — after all, their personal incomes are growing at unprecedented rates.

Australia has imposed sanctions on Pravfond, a Russian state-associated fund uncovered for financing legal support and lobbying for allies of the Kremlin overseas, including Simeon Boikov, a propagandist based in Sydney.