Mass protests in France in October 2026 were used by Russian information networks to amplify public discontent, discredit the French authorities, and reduce societal support for Ukraine. An investigation by Alliance4Europe established that Russia-linked information structures launched a coordinated campaign several weeks before the protests, disseminating manipulative messages about the...
AfD in the service of the Kremlin in Syria
A large-scale leak of internal correspondence from the German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), made public in October 2026, has revealed new evidence of the involvement of Russian special services in organizing a trip by the party’s lawmakers to Syria in 2018. According to the Handelsblatt newspaper, AfD representatives...
Pro-Russian media in Slovakia and the Czech Republic disguise Kremlin narratives as internal EU criticism
Against the backdrop of a renewed EU debate on extending anti-Russian sanctions, some Slovak and Czech pro-Russian media outlets have begun promoting more aggressively the idea that further support for Ukraine is pointless and should be reduced. Zem&Vek and Pravý Prostor stood out in particular. The Slovak outlet framed the...