Topic

Fri, Mar 3, 2017

Solidarity arrest

An open source investigation into a Russian security operation in Crimea

by Ben Nimmo, Nika Aleksejeva

Conflict Disinformation

Sat, Feb 11, 2017

Frankly unfair?

Fact checking Sputnik France’s claim that it is reporting the French electionfairly

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Elections

Fri, Feb 10, 2017

Spread it on Reddit

How a fake story about Angela Merkel led to a far-right cluster onReddit

by Ben Nimmo, Nika Aleksejeva

Disinformation Elections

Wed, Feb 1, 2017

Target: Merkel

How the international far right mobbed the German Chancellor after the Berlinattack

by Ben Nimmo

Elections Elections

Sat, Jan 28, 2017

Russian Internet: Fake News Haven?

How the Russian Internet is being used to spread fake news in Germany

by Maks Czuperski, Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan

Disinformation Extremism

Thu, Jan 12, 2017

Three thousand fake tanks

How a network of conspiracy sites spread a fake story about US reinforcements in Europe

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Europe & Eurasia

Tue, Dec 20, 2016

Slavic Brotherhood?

What open sources can tell us about the arrest of three pro-Russian journalists in Belarus and the uneasy relationship between Minsk and Moscow.

by Ben Nimmo

Belarus Belarus
RFS Zelenyy Dol in the North Sea, 23 October 2016. (Source: Royal Netherlands Navy)

Wed, Oct 26, 2016

Gunboat Diplomacy

What lies behind the transfer of Russia’s long-range cruise missile ships to the Baltic? And is it the game-changer that analysts in Russia and the West seem to think?

by Ben Nimmo

Baltics Denmark

Mon, Sep 19, 2016

Kremlin Unleashes Attack Dogs on MH17 Investigation

“Anti-Bellingcat” bloggers have ties to ultra-nationalists and government

Conflict Disinformation

Fri, Sep 9, 2016

Becoming a Citizen Spy

Normal citizens in Ukraine have helped prove Russian aggression through Facebook photos and YouTube videos.

Civil Society Eastern Europe