How Russia uses deepfakes and bots to divide Germany
Trying to influence the political landscape in Germany ahead of the state elections (Landtagswahlen) in September 2026, Russia has launched a new wave of disinformation campaigns on social media. The operation aims to undermine Germans’ trust in almost all major political parties in the Federal Republic of Germany — with…
The IOC has destroyed trust in world sport for Russia’s return
On July 7-8, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), chaired by IOC Executive Board member Kirsty Coventry, officially announced the preliminary lifting of the suspension on the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). The official pretext for this move was the conclusion of the IOC Legal Commission, which…
The Kremlin prepares escalation against Poland: Analysis of scenarios and risks
Since the very beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has acted not only as a key military and political partner for Ukraine but also as the primary transit hub through which the country receives Western weaponry. Russia has tried by all possible means to disrupt Europe’s…
Russian missile terror in Ukraine as a modern manifestation of the Nazi “Blitz”
In the history of 20th-century wars, there are chapters that once seemed permanently closed, left behind in textbooks and archival records. One such chapter was the doctrine of “strategic bombing” of civilian populations, aimed at completely breaking a nation’s will to resist. In the autumn of 1940, Europe watched in…
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s anti-NATO stance and its implications for European security
Today’s European security architecture is experiencing its deepest crisis since World War II. The unity and stability of European countries are being tested not only by external factors but also by internal socio-political polarization, which Russia is actively trying to fuel. France is one of the EU countries where both…