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 […]

Armands Astukevičs, Researcher at the Centre for East European policy studies The invasion of Kursk region by Ukrainian forces caught analysts in the West and the Russian elite off-guard. After Ukraine’s unsuccessful counter-offensive last summer and the prolonged difficult situation on the front, the Kursk operation marked a major breakthrough and a stopping point in […]

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 […]

Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin (Source: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Belarus) Text PDF: Deportations of Ukrainian children Authors: Juris Jurāns, Armands Astukevičs In a significant development that gained widespread attention in March of this year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the […]