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Wed, Feb 5, 2020

Russian companies continue to expropriate Ukraine’s natural resources illegally

Open-source imagery reveals illicit cargo rail traffic at Russian-Ukrainian border crossings

Security

Fri, Jan 17, 2020

Russian media pushed U.S. drone conspiracy related to plane crash in Iran

The unfounded theory blamed a U.S. drone strike for downing the Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran

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Mon, Jan 13, 2020

Denial, denial, confession: Iran could not avoid the truth about flight PS752

For 72 hours, Iranian government and media stuck with the same talking points about the crash until the evidence overwhelmed them

Security

Sat, Jan 4, 2020

Tensions escalate on social media platforms after Soleimani’s death

Content targeting the United States government surfaced on Instagram and Twitter following the death of Qasem Soleimani

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Wed, Dec 4, 2019

Russians in northern Syria after partial U.S. withdrawal

Images confirm U.S. troop withdrawal from northern Syria, Russian movement into the region, and U.S. presence at oil fields

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Fri, Nov 15, 2019

Blast highlights “MGB” detentions in separatist-held Donetsk

Act of sabotage by unknown assailant targeted Russian-backed separatist communication infrastructure

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Mon, Nov 4, 2019

In the deep end: Russian military personnel in Caracas

Photos show suspected Russian military advisers at a military hotel in Caracas

Security

Mon, Oct 28, 2019

Erdogan’s possible plans to forego more U.S. F-16s for Russian Su-35s

Turkey may choose the Russian’s F-35 competitor instead of continuing to purchase F-16’s, since the United States cancelled its F-35 program participation

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Fri, Oct 18, 2019

Fortress Crimea: Under the Russian radar dome

Russia continues to improve military radar coverage of Crimea and the Black Sea

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Wed, Oct 16, 2019

Bot-like Turkish accounts wage anti-Kurdish hashtag campaign

As Turkey prepared to take large swaths of northeast Syria, pro-Turkish Twitter accounts waged a parallel information campaign

by Alyssa Kann

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Wed, Oct 16, 2019

Bot-like Turkish accounts wage anti-Kurdish hashtag campaign

As Turkey prepared to take large swaths of northeast Syria, pro-Turkish Twitter accounts waged a parallel information campaign

by Alyssa Kann

Security Social Media

Thu, Oct 3, 2019

Disengagement holds in Stanytsia Luhanska

Stanytsia Luhanska disengagement area sees ratification, dismantlement of positions, and reconstruction.

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