BalticBrief

Sun, Aug 12, 2018

#BalticBrief: Russian Ridesharing Service Possible Data Risk

Newly introduced Yandex Taxi app faces allegations of spying on users in the Baltics

BalticBrief

Sun, Aug 5, 2018

#BalticBrief: Sputnik Targets NATO Exercise, Reveals Wider Narrative Trend

Pundit in Kremlin outlet asserts “prostitutes” were only beneficiaries of NATO exercise

BalticBrief Security

Sat, Jul 21, 2018

#BalticBrief: False Story About Collapsed Mall Doesn’t Hold Up

A network of Facebook pages imitating real people shared disinformation about the collapse of shopping mall in Latvia

BalticBrief Government

Wed, Jun 27, 2018

#BalticBrief: Russia Editorializes Saber Strike

The spread of hostile messaging during joint NATO exercise in Poland and the Baltic states

BalticBrief Security

Mon, Jun 11, 2018

#BalticBrief: Film Stirs Old Allegations Around Latvian Independence

How resurfaced allegations of violence toward civilians during the Latvian coup in 1991 spread through media

BalticBrief Latvia

Mon, Jun 4, 2018

#BalticBrief: Three Men Kick Ambulance in Estonia, NATO Blamed

How news about three English-speaking men damaging an ambulance in Tapa spread

BalticBrief Security

Sat, May 12, 2018

#BalticBrief: Russian Nationalists Attack Latvian Embassy in Moscow

Open source forensic research on how the attack was carried out

BalticBrief Government

Fri, Apr 27, 2018

#BalticBrief: False Claim of Plans for Ethnic Cleansing in Latvia

How a false story about “ethnic cleansing” of Russian language speakers spread from social to traditional media

BalticBrief Government

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

#BalticBrief: Cipko Not Seen in Latvia

Sighting of notorious pro-Kremlin impersonator in Latvia proved false

BalticBrief Government

Tue, Mar 6, 2018

#BalticBrief: Chechen Officials Respond to Baltic Magnitsky Acts

Russian media responds to “Magnitsky list” of Lithuania and Latvia

BalticBrief Government

Tue, Mar 6, 2018

#BalticBrief: Disinformation Through Mistranslation

How a fake translation intended to cause a rift between Lithuania and Ukraine

BalticBrief Government

Fri, Feb 23, 2018

#BalticBrief: Banks, Bribes, and Alleged Latvian Launderers

What we do and do not know about reports of corruption against the president of the Bank of Latvia

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