Russia

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

Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Wintering in the Baltic (not the Mediterranean): Russia’s Kalibr Ships

Russia’s Kalibr-armed corvettes, officially attached to the Mediterranean squadron, are still in Kaliningrad, and look set to remain there

by Maks Czuperski, Ben Nimmo, Donara Barojan, Nika Aleksejeva

Baltics Geolocation

Fri, Jan 6, 2017

Five Downed Russian Drones in Ukraine

Open source tracking of the production, deployment, and downing of five Russian Forpost UAVs in the Donbas

Conflict Drones

Tue, Jan 3, 2017

Separating Fact and Fiction in the Svitlodarsk Bulge

Verification of claims surrounding the heavy fighting in the Donbas

Conflict Geolocation

Wed, Dec 21, 2016

Putin’s Undeclared War

Russian Artillery Strikes against Ukraine — A Bellingcat Report

by Nicholas Yap, Eliot Higgins

Conflict Geolocation

Tue, Dec 20, 2016

Ukraine’s Bloodiest Battle of the Winter

An open source survey of the information — and disinformation — surrounding the battle in the Svitlodarsk Bulge

Conflict Disinformation

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

Mon, Dec 19, 2016

Glacial Queues at Ukrainian Checkpoints

Thousands of Ukrainian civilians wait for hours in freezing temperatures at checkpoints

Conflict OSCE

Sat, Dec 17, 2016

Putin’s Special Forces in Syria

How Russian special operations activity in Syria was no longer so special

by Maks Czuperski, Nicholas Yap

Conflict Geolocation

Tue, Dec 13, 2016

The Chechens Are Coming!

How Social Media posts spoiled Chechnya’s deployment of troops to Syria (who were already there)

Conflict Russia

Fri, Dec 9, 2016

Как освещают обстрелы на Донбассе с разных сторон

Сравнение последствий ночных обстрелов в Луганской области и их освещения в СМИ Украины и России/сепаратистов

Conflict OSCE

Thu, Dec 8, 2016

Tragedy and the Troll

How a fake account tried to twist the news of a triple shooting in Finland, and how it was outed.

by Ben Nimmo

Disinformation Finland