Propaganda
'US Intelligence Is Planning to Assassinate Zelensky': Pro-Russian disinformation in Central Europe in August 2023
Intensive Normalisation: Russian propaganda is aimed not at mobilising citizens, but at forcing ritual loyalty
The ‘Vulkan’ leak: documents from a little-known firm reveal Russia's digital authoritarianism strategy
The Non-Mobilising Web: How pro-Kremlin media laid the groundwork for the invasion of Ukraine
Mistrust Makers: The Structure of the Kremlin's Disinformation and Astroturfing Campaigns
The Kremlin's large-scale activity on TikTok and other social networks yields no direct results, but has a serious secondary effect: Kremlin campaigns do not change the minds of those who hold opposing viewpoints, but sow mistrust and a sense of vulnerability of the sustainability of normative and liberal social structures.
Guns Instead of Butter: the Russian pro-government media is more willing to tell the public about the war, and are ‘squeezing’ economic topics out of the news agenda
"Kremlin Trolls Never Sleep": Russian propaganda campaigns on European social media are not very effective but can cause problems in crisis situations
Telegram's Frankenstein: how social media dynamics are changing the political agenda in Russia
Putin Fans or Kremlin Bots?
Over the past decade Russia has created a powerful infrastructure of "networked authoritarianism". This is focused not on restriction but on the active creation of social media content. Analysis of simulated support for the authorities through astroturfing and the real response of social media users to the war in Ukraine shows that, despite the variety of the Kremlin’s online strategies, its social media propaganda is not always successful. However, it functions to distort our perceptions of "grassroots sentiment".
Twitter Weapons: the war of narratives around the confrontation between Russia and the West is taking over the world and has been moderately successful so far

