• 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.

May 2023

A Russian footprint in Moldovan regional elections

by Victoria Olari

Pro-Russian Telegram channels attempt to influence the voting process in Moldova's Gagauzia Autonomous Territory
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March 2023

Russia builds a “special information operation” around Transnistria

by Victoria Olari

Rhetoric increasingly pushes idea of military conflict in the separatist region of Moldova
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March 2023

Russian War Report: Russian army advances toward Bakhmut, but its offensive capabilities remain unclear

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

The Russian army advances toward Bakhmut while a large-scale russian air attack targets civilian infrastructure.
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