Elīna Vrobļevska

For more than a decade, Russia has carried out information-manipulation campaigns aimed at polarizing society and undermining democracy among its neighbors and other countries in Europe. These manipulation efforts have only intensified following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. For targets of these campaigns, such as Latvia, the resilience of the country’s information space […]

Elīna Vrobļevska, Researcher at the Centre for East European policy studies Potential peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have been at the centre of public debate for several months. While Ukraine is seen in the Western media as the initiator of peace, the opposite picture is being painted on the Russian side. Russian information manipulation […]

Elīna Vrobļevska, Researcher at the Centre for East European policy studies The Ukraine Peace Summit and NATO’s Washington Summit were the central events of this summer in transatlantic security and defence policy, demonstrating the Alliance’s commitment to developing its support for Ukraine and strengthening the defence capabilities of European countries. The Kremlin has also used this […]

Elīna Vrobļevska, Researcher at the Centre for East European policy studies France has been one of the main targets of Russian cyber-attacks and disinformation campaigns this year, largely due to the European Parliament elections this week. However, alongside the Kremlin’s current disinformation targets, there is a long-standing, systematic effort in the Russian and European information space […]

Elīna Vrobļevska, Researcher at the Centre for East European policy studies The terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow on 22 March this year has served as a tool of information manipulation and deception to advance Russia’s political and informational agenda. In the immediate aftermath, Russian officials and law enforcement institutions issued statements about […]