According to pro-Kremlin media, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is feigning peace initiatives merely to deceive the West and sustain the war against Russia.
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The Republic of Moldova is mortgaging its land to secure European loans and has been turned into a military training ground for NATO, the organisation that intends to open a second front against Russia on its territory, claims a Moscow MP affiliated with the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor.
During his speech at the International Security Forum, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin threatened the use of nuclear weapons, spoke about plans for a war against Europe, and voiced the Kremlin's fears.
The maritime drone that detonated in the port of Constanța on June 5, 2026, marks another Ukrainian attack on Romanian territory, according to pro-Russian blogger Dan Diaconu. Identical or closely mirrored narratives have rapidly flooded social media platforms from a variety of sources.
As Russia moved past the economic turmoil of the 1990’s, the country saw the emergence of a so-called middle class, which was expected to push the country towards democracy. However, that middle class was dependent on the state, and that dependency kept it firmly in Putin’s camp.
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Armenia’s pro-European Civil Contract party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, won the June 7 elections by a large margin. The pro-Russian opposition is challenging the results, aiming to at least stop the Civil Contract from getting a super-majority in Parliament.
Armenians go to polls on Sunday for a high stakes elections that may decide whether the country will continue the pro-European path set by the current government, or it will once again tighten relations with its traditional ally, Russia. The run up to the elections was marked by a clash of opposing narratives, disinformation, and personal attacks.
As Russia moved past the economic turmoil of the 1990’s, the country saw the emergence of a so-called middle class, which was expected to push the country towards democracy. However, that middle class was dependent on the state, and that dependency kept it firmly in Putin’s camp.
For half a century, Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II was one of Georgia’s most influential figures, a symbol of stability as the country moved from Soviet subject to independent state, changed governments and the political system, and faced revolutions and wars. Ilia’s successor, Shio III, whose ties with Russia have raised brows, may struggle to hold on authority.
The Republic of Moldova is mortgaging its land to secure European loans and has been turned into a military training ground for NATO, the organisation that intends to open a second front against Russia on its territory, claims a Moscow MP affiliated with the fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor.
The maritime drone that detonated in the port of Constanța on June 5, 2026, marks another Ukrainian attack on Romanian territory, according to pro-Russian blogger Dan Diaconu. Identical or closely mirrored narratives have rapidly flooded social media platforms from a variety of sources.
Former U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec allegedly had satanic art on display at her residence in Bucharest, according to a false narrative circulated several months ago and recently revived within Romania’s sovereignist circles by AUR MP Mihail Neamțu.
According to the head of an organization representing ethnic Russians across the Prut, Russian remains the primary language of communication in the Republic of Moldova. However, official statistics paint a completely different picture: just over 11% of the population predominantly speaks Russian, while nearly 80% use Romanian.
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The Russian leadership believes the country is permanently at war and pursues imperial and expansionist policies, the Russian independent media writes. Russian journalists also say Putin’s plan to restore “Great Russia” seeks to capture Ukraine through armed force and Belarus by forcing a unification.
Russians must understand that the war in Ukraine is lost in order to be able to bring about a change for the better in their own country, dissidents quoted by independent Russian media believe. They also talk about the losses caused by the war launched by Russia against the neighboring country, but also about the need for the West to become more attractive to developing countries, in order to win the competition with the alternative model offered by autocracies.
Start your research here. Texts in this section provide a general overview of the key concepts and developments in the field of information warfare, with an emphasis on the anatomy and historical background of the Kremlin's disinformation campaigns and influence operations against the West.
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Nu rata ultimul număr Veridica WeeklyPrima săptămână a verii a avut un singur fir roșu, traversând subiecte aparent disparate: Rusia operează prin dependență — de bani publici, de gaze, de narațiuni, de instituții capturate. ICR, capturat politic de PSD-AUR. Mitropolia Basarabiei și patriarhatul georgian, disputate ca pârghii de influență. Clasa de mijloc rusă, loială regimului tocmai pentru că depinde de el. Dodon la Minsk, trăncănind despre independență în capitala celui mai dependent stat din Europa. Armenia votând duminică dacă vrea să se desprindă sau să rămână în orbită. Și România întrebându-se ce face cu dronele căzute pe teritoriul său.
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The political evolution of (Neo)Legionarism, from pocket political parties, such as those created by Marian Munteanu, to organizations like The New Right (Noua Dreaptă) – the connecting link between (Neo)Legionarism and sovereigntism – and politicians who frequently make the front page, such as George Simion, Călin Georgescu and Diana Șoșoacă.
The Legionary movement re-emerged in Romania shortly after the 1989 Revolution. Some legionary theses and ideas can be identified in the discourse of present-day sovereignists. Veridica briefly traces the development of the (neo)legionary movement in post-communist Romania, under the authorities’ permissive eye.
July 20 marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Alexander Lukashenko's regime. Four years ago, his political stability in Belarus was seriously undermined by mass protests: democratic Belarusians at the time called for new elections and supported Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The break-up of demonstrations was followed by a brutal repression that forced many of them to leave the country, including the leader of the democratic forces. Veridica spoke to Tsikhanouskaya about the current state of the opposition, the release of political prisoners and what we can expect from the presidential election slated for next year in Belarus.
Literature helps us understand the act of justice. To overcome the traumas, inherited from victims or executioners, we need both literature and justice. Writer and international law expert Philippe Sands explains how he embarked on a real-life Nazi literary hunt and why it's still relevant today.
Ukraine has been accused of being responsible for the terrorist attack in Moscow. Originally published on Telegram, the thesis was developed by Vladimir Putin and his close siloviki, the current and former head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov and Nikolai Patrushev, both ex-KGB, like Putin. The narrative rids the Russian authorities of all responsibility, plays well into the rhetoric about the Ukrainian-Western aggression and can be used to escalate the war. Arguments in its defense include falsehoods and an older conspiracy theory.
The time has come to talk a little more about what is happening in Ukraine, of course, but it has been 2 years since the dictator from the Kremlin decided to attack our neighbor. It's also 10 years since the war actually began, with little green men strategically transported across Crimea for a classic Russian-style liberation. After all this bitter time, the world is a little tired of war. You see, I must turn to another Russian criminal, Trotsky by name, and give you some bad news, quoting him You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.
The Republic of Moldova will join the EU by 2030, believes President Maia Sandu. In an exclusive interview, Maia Sandu also spoke about Russia's pressure on Moldova, her decision to run for a second term, but also about the war in Ukraine and the importance of supporting Kiev.
The south of Ukraine, which borders Romania along the Danube in the Odesa region, as the whole country, is going through a war. After the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the decolonization process has intensified here.
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