• Research Associate, Eurasia

Roman Osadchuk

Roman Osadchuk is a resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab with over five years of experience. His research focuses on disinformation in Ukraine and neighboring countries. He is the author of multiple investigations and reports on disinformation, influence campaigns, and computational propaganda, which uncover the tactics and techniques of malign actors.

He is also a senior lecturer at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where he teaches bachelor and master courses on propaganda effects and open-source investigations. Before joining DFRLab, he held several positions at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center (UCMC), where he was involved in communications of decentralization reform and administrative support to the NGO’s internal operations.

Previously, Roman received an MPA degree from the Maxwell School on a Fulbright scholarship, where he focused on information policy. He also holds master’s degrees in computer science from Kryvyi Rih National University and in political science from Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where Roman focused on information policy and researched the role of information policy and the media cycle in the spread of disinformation.

August 2023

How Russian pro-war Telegram channels addressed the Wagner mutiny

by Givi Gigitashvili, , Roman Osadchuk

Wagner-affiliated Telegram channels saw tremendous growth as some pro-war channels vacillated on which side to support
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August 2023

Clickbait Facebook pages trick Ukrainians into following dubious Telegram channels

by Roman Osadchuk

Pages employ bait-and-switch tactics and cascading subscription requests to lure people to join more channels
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July 2023

Pro-Russia actors target Armenia with anti-Ukraine propaganda

by , Roman Osadchuk

Suspicious quotes magnified by pro-Russian sources used to undermine Ukraine's reputation in Armenia
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