Security

Ukraine is considered to be a testing ground for cyberattacks from Russia. Can we say that the last six months before the elections, this cyber-activity has been intensified, and can we say that Ukraine is […]

The Kremlin’s cyber contractors. What motives? What risks? The Kremlin’s cyber army has become a formidable threat around the globe, with cyberattacks targeting not only states but also private companies. The cyberspace is still pretty […]

The Digital Curtain of Russia With the invention, and then the rapid development of the Internet, difficult times arrived for totalitarian regimes. After all, many protests and revolutions in the past 20 years would not […]

Russia, the United States, France, and China held secret talks on cybersecurity in Paris last week to produce something akin to a “Treaty of Westphalia” for cyberspace. In this way, they hope to avoid clashes […]

Ukraine could soon ban two Ukrainian channels, NewsOne and 112, which are widely considered channels spreading Russian propaganda. While some have cheered the step, others are questioning in what way it was done and whether […]

On 9 October Brussels' experts and politicians had an opportunity to listen to the prominent speakers like Refat Chubarov (Chair of Mejlis), Emine Dzhaparova (Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine), Alim Aliev (co-founder of […]

Ukraine cannot take continued EU attention for granted as a resurgent Russia reasserts itself in Brussels and the political focus shifts towards upcoming European elections  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks during a visit to EU […]

Any government “can justify armed intervention in a foreign state” through information attacks, and prevent such attacks against itself with the help of ideology. This is the doctrine of Igor Ashmanov, who developed the concept […]

Earlier Russian propaganda was mostly the problem of Ukraine and other post-Soviet states, but now it has become a problem of Europe which can no longer be ignored. The Kremlin's disinformation campaigns have become a […]

Decision of the Ukrainian authorities to ban Russian social networks like Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki still divides Ukrainian society. While the president rejected the petition which demands to lift the ban, de-facto many of the prohibited […]

Emotions and ideas can easily be spread through social networks, unite people and create an “online crowd.” Those inside the crowd then behave the same way as in a real crowd, with all the ensuing […]

Main theses from the Russian-Ukrainian Conference of civil society activists in Brussels (European Parliament): 1. With its acts, Russia made an attack on the legal system of human rights - Ella Polyakova (Russia) 2. Statistics […]