• Research Assistant, Moldova

Victoria Olari

Victoria Olari is a research associate for Moldova at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), where she specializes in monitoring Moldova’s information environment and countering disinformation and foreign information manipulation.

Before joining the DFRLab, Olari served as a program coordinator at the Institute for Strategic Initiatives, where she designed and managed programs on conflict resolution and confidence building, with a focus on the Transnistrian region. She also contributed to fact-checking research through DisinfoLab projects addressing disinformation across Moldova’s regions. Olari previously served as a policy advisor in the Moldovan parliament, where she spent four years advising on key legislative initiatives and gaining deep insight into Moldova’s social and political dynamics.

Fluent in three languages, Olari is passionate about cultural exchange and enjoys traveling to connect with diverse communities.

November 2023

The Kremlin and its proxies attempted to deflect the “spy antennas” scandal in Moldova

by Victoria Olari

Pro-Russian entities attempted to divert attention away from the growing volume of potential intel-gathering equipment on its embassy roof
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November 2023

Pro-Kremlin actors amplify video to target multinational military exercises in Moldova

by Victoria Olari, Eto Buziashvili

A video featuring a local Moldovan farmer accosting military personnel participating in multinational exercise was used as a pretext to attack the West
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September 2023

Russian War Report: Competing claims about the possible death of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

Following an attack by Ukrainian forces on the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, rumors swirled about the potential death of Russian Admiral Viktor Sokolov.
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