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Fakes and propaganda often imperceptibly penetrate the news feed and social networks, shaping people's thoughts, doubts, emotions. When this is repeated in a circle, a person inevitably becomes a carrier of the "information virus", regardless of position, status and profession. The only thing that can save her from this is to rely on facts and evidence. But it is important to determine their source.
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russia has expanded the network of fake sites CopyCop
Since the beginning of 2025, the kremlin has added at least 300 new resources to hidden influence on the West. This is stated in a fresh study by Insikt Group (Recorded Future): https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/copycop-deepens-its-playbook-with-new-websites-and-targetsCopyCop (also known as Storm-1516) creates fake sites that pretend to be:
● local media in the USA, France, Canada and Norway and another countries; ● political parties and movements in France, Canada and Armenia and another countries;● “organizations from factcheking” in Turkish, Ukrainian and Swahili.
More than 200 such “media” appeared only since March 2025. Among the methods are dipfakes and fake interviews about political leaders of NATO countries. The content is created by uncensored language models based on Meta Llama 3, used directly by network operators. Researchers link the network with former American sheriff John Mark Dougan, who in 2016 received asylum in moscow. The operations are also involved “Center of Geopolitical Expertise” and the main Directorate of the General Staff of the russian Army.
russia used the sunken ferry “Estonia” for underwater operations
German journalists learned that the russian Defense Ministry used the sinked ferry “Estonia” for espionage and underwater operations. This writes Deutsche Welle: https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/russland-spionage-ostsee-estonia-wrack-nato-li.3326685 ? reduced=trueInvestigation of WDR, NDR and Süddeutsche Zeitung showed that the russian military could
violate the ban on immersion to the 1994 tragedy, where more than 850 people were killed. On the debris, it is likely that devices for navigating underwater robots were fixed.
This is responsible for a separate structure engaged in deep-water operations and the installation of spy equipment. The area of the sunken vessel is convenient for such actions - NATO military routes are nearby.Estonia and Germany said they were closely monitoring the situation. NATO and russia did not provide comments. Journalists called the place of death of ""Estonia"" a potential ground of russian special services.
russia destabilizes the EU due to illegal migration
russian spies help migrants avoid deportation from the UK and the EU, said Bulgarian Interior Minister Daniel Mitov: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/20/bulgaria-accuses-russia-spies-helping-migrants-smugglers/According to him, putin’s regime is cooperating with smugglers and ultra-left groups to “capture Europe with migrants” and destabilize the region.
Mitov warned that radicalized persons could penetrate under the cover of humanitarian activities to the EU under the cover of humanitarian activities.
He mentioned the No Name Kitchen and Mission Wings organizations that “perhaps unconsciously” help russian and smugglers. Both charges are denied. The problem will be discussed on October 22 in London at the summit on countering illegal migration with the participation of Bulgaria and the UK. The British Interior Minister Ivett Cooper confirmed that illegal migration today is stimulated not only by criminal networks, but also "enemy state entities that want to destabilize Europe".
Russia was preparing terrorist attacks in Europe
This was reported by investigators from Gazeta Wyborcza. Polish and Lithuanian special services have exposed a network of russian intelligence agents who were preparing sabotage operations on EU territory.▪ A cache of explosives was found in a cemetery in Lithuania.▪ In Poland, a man was detained who was transporting cans of explosives, components for drones and SIM cards.▪ According to journalists, this is how russian agents planned terrorist attacks against civilians and critical infrastructure.The investigation confirms that russia is not only waging war in Ukraine, but also a hybrid
campaign of terror against the whole of Europe.At the same time, spies posing as correspondents for the russian news agency TASS were again exposed in Vienna. This was reported by The Insider: https://theins.ru/inv/285463
olga kukla and maxim cherevik have never worked in journalism. She interned at Novatek and Gazprom. He interned at Rosneft and suddenly ‘became a journalist’ in Beijing. But most importantly, their tracks lead to Taruska Street in moscow, where the main part of the kremlin's foreign intelligence service is located. This is where new agents are trained. There is other evidence of these individuals' involvement with the special services of the aggressor country.Austria has long been in the focus of russian special services, as it is home to the headquarters of the IAEA, the OSCE and dozens of other international organisations.
Russia hosted a summit of fascists in the St. Petersburg parliament
While the kremlin accuses Ukraine and the EU of ‘Nazism,’ an international meeting of far-right organisations took place in the Mariinsky Palace, where the st. petersburg parliament sits. Among the participants were:• Spanish Falangists from Falange Española de las JONS, who openly give the Nazi salute and glorify the division that fought under Leningrad as part of the Wehrmacht;• Members of the Spanish party Democracia Nacional (among its founders are former neo-Nazis from CEDADE);• Representatives of the Mexican organisation UNR, which international experts call neo-fascist;• Delegates from France, South Africa, Belgium, Hungary and Argentina.
Among the russian guests were oligarch konstantin malofeev, ideologist of the ‘russian world’ alexander dugin, and United russia deputy konstantin chebykin. Everything you need to know about modern russia: a state that brands everyone around it as ‘fascists’ while welcoming them into parliament, taking photos with their flags and supporting their ideas.
Around the same time, the russians brought a group of foreign marginalised people to occupied Donetsk for a propaganda ‘tour’ - ‘Foreign Journalists for russia’ project. Among the 10 participants were former Slovak Prime Minister Ján Čarnogurský and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. The occupiers repeated the kremlin's narratives to their guests:● ‘The Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity is a “coup d'état”,’● ‘Donbas turned against Kyiv in order to survive,’● ‘russia's “special military operation” had “historical grounds”,’● ‘The Donetsk People's Republic is supposedly the “natural path” for Donbas,’In addition, the meeting discussed water supply issues and blamed Ukraine for everything, calling Kyiv's actions genocide against russian speakers.
International companies are effectively financing the Russian army
‘International companies may be effectively financing 1 million russian soldiers through the taxes they pay in russia,’ writes Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/russian-soldiers-economy-foreign-businesses-2117512According to data from the organisation B4Ukraine and the Kyiv School of Economics, foreign companies in russia paid at least $20 billion in taxes in 2024.According to the authors of the report, this amount is sufficient to pay the salaries of 1 million russian soldiers.The report also notes that since the start of the war in Ukraine, foreign companies have paid russia more than $60 billion in taxes.
The five companies that paid the most income tax in russia in 2024 are:● Austrian bank Raiffeisen ($402 million),
● Chinese car manufacturer Chery ($222 million),● multinational tobacco company Philip Morris ($220 million),
● Japanese tobacco company Japan Tobacco ($182 million),● French home and garden retailer Leroy Merlin ($128 million).The Italian company Camozzi is involved in the production chain for russian ammunition.This is evidenced by documents obtained by the Belarusian organisation BELPOL. Products from the Italian concern Camozzi are used to automate production lines in the russian military-industrial complex.These include Camozzi hydraulic distributors, pneumatic actuators, cylinders and valves, which allow for a sharp increase in the rate of artillery and rocket shell production.
Supplies are made through russian intermediary companies, but some of Camozzi's products go directly to the company's warehouse in russia.SLB (formerly Schlumberger), a global leader in the oil and gas industry, also continues to operate in russia despite sanctions. Dallas has obtained confidential documents confirming the presence of American oilfield services technologies in the russian energy sector. In 2022, SLB announced that it was ‘suspending operations’ in russia due to sanctions. But by 2024, its russian division had earned $1.4 billion. In 2025, Schlumberger Technology Company, a subsidiary of SLB based in Tyumen, russia, signed a contract with a local manufacturer to produce parts used for oil extraction from wells using SLB technology.On its website, SLB states that it ‘condemns russia's actions against Ukraine’ and ‘prioritises safety.’ But in fact, the company continues to work with a terrorist state, helping it to continue the war on the European continent. Oil is the source of funding for putin's army:https://dallas-park.com/uk/amerikanska-naftoservisna-kompaniya-slb-prodovzhuye-diyalnist-v-rosiyi/
Russia has launched a propaganda campaign in Europe called ‘Russia is not my enemy.’
Stickers with this message are appearing in cities as part of the kremlin's hybrid campaign to create the illusion of a ‘peaceful partnership.’ With these tools of influence, russia is trying to portray itself as a peacemaker, downplay its own crimes, and sow discord in European societies.
Similar actions have already been recorded in France and Italy, in particular through pro-russian organisations.The aim of the campaign is to undermine citizens' faith in the rule of law and democratic institutions in their countries, sow doubts about the correctness of the Euro-Atlantic choice and discredit support for Ukraine.
Russia is kidnapping Ukrainian children and training them to be soldiers for its army
British intelligence confirms that children who have been taken from the temporarily occupied territories are being drafted into the russian army as soon as they turn 18: https://x.com/DefenceHQ/status/1963165612240166921The russians have sent about 6,000 children to so-called ‘re-education camps’ and from there to military centres.
The kremlin believes that the deaths of these teenagers will not cause a wave of outrage in russia — they simply do not talk about the abduction of Ukrainian children there.This is part of a large-scale russification campaign: the destruction of identity and culture and the transformation of children into ‘cannon fodder’ sent to their inevitable death. In response, the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on russians involved in the deportation and militarisation of children. Read more about the abduction of Ukrainian children here.
Russians are turning schools into military training centres to militarise children
Schoolchildren are forced to study military disciplines: drone control, basic tactics, ‘military-patriotic education’ and even ‘the spiritual and moral culture of russia’.
Even russian kindergartens are already teaching children to ‘love their homeland’ through tanks and war. On 1 September, a course called ‘Conversations about Important Things’ began in preschools in several regions of russia. The little ones are read stories in which the bear Umka talks about armoured vehicles, the Patriot military equipment park,
‘heroes’ who died in the war, and ‘debt to the motherland.’Almost every tenth page of this book is about war. Young children are taught that the most important thing in life is to ‘defend the motherland.’ Propaganda in russia now begins not at school, but at the age of 5.
The Royal Opera House in London has given Putin a gift
We are talking about the return of russian opera singer and propagandist anna netrebko. She is scheduled to participate in several productions during the 2025-2026 season. This decision has been criticised by the Ukrainian diaspora, as well as British public and cultural figures. The fact is that netrebko is known for her support of putin's regime: in 2014, she was photographed with the flag of the so-called ‘novorossiya’ and donated a million roubles to support militants in Donbas.
Ukrainian and British parliamentarians, cultural figures have spoken out against Netrebko's return to the London stage, calling on the theatre to refuse to work with putin's singer.In London, several hundred people also gathered outside the Royal Opera House: https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-netrebko-london-opera-protest/33524052.html
One of the protesters, Stephen Lacey, said:"As an Englishman, I am ashamed of the hypocrisy of the Royal Opera House and how they have betrayed Ukraine. It is a disgrace to the British nation. It affects me deeply because Anna is close to putin, and russian artists are allowed to perform while Ukrainian artists are sacrificing their lives."A similar situation arose with another pro-putin figure, conductor Valeriy Gergiev, who was scheduled to perform at a festival in Italy. However, massive pressure from the public and the cultural community proved effective and his participation was cancelled. Public pressure on cultural institutions to refuse to cooperate with supporters of putin's regime is an effective tool.
Russia intensifies disinformation campaign against Azerbaijan
President Ilham Aliyev's interview on Al Arabiya TV (Saudi Arabia) on 27 August, Oxu reports. Az: https://oxu.az/ru/politika/komissiya-mm-v-rossii-razvernuta-masshtabnaya-informacionnaya-kampaniya-protiv-azerbajdzhanaThe Commission on Countering External Interference and Hybrid Threats found that Aliyev's answer to the question about the Zangezur corridor, which was based on historical facts, was taken out of context and presented by the russians in a distorted and falsified form.The campaign is being spread through russian TV channels, news sites, social networks and pro-russian propagandists using Facebook, Instagram and X, as well as fake accounts and
bots, supposedly on behalf of foreign citizens.A separate element is targeted advertising for the Azerbaijani segment of social networks, containing threats against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. The Commission, together with state structures, is closely monitoring these hostile actions.In addition, russia is actively manipulating the tragedy of flight AZAL 8243.We recall that on 25 December 2024, a civilian aircraft was shot down by the military over
russian territory. Thirty-eight people were killed. Now the moscow Aviation Committee is distorting the facts, concealing the deaths and rewriting key details. Fact checkers from the Dallas group conducted an in-depth investigation and found that the russians:- selectively count the victims of the tragedy,- manipulate navigation system data,- refer to the explosions as ‘effects’,- conceal the debris from the combat missile that shot down the plane.And so on. This indicates that russia is not interested in an independent investigation, but is trying to cover up its crimes. Therefore, any civilian aircraft in russian airspace could become a target. The full version of the article is available here: https://dallas-park.com/uk/pryhovaty-nepryhovuvane/
Chatbots are increasingly spreading Russian disinformation
The analytical company NewsGuard has recorded a sharp increase in the spread of false statements by artificial intelligence chatbots, including russian disinformation. Forbes writes about this, citing the results of a study: https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2025/09/05/ai-chatbots-are-feeding-you-more-false-information-than-ever/ Experts tested ten leading generative models: ChatGPT-5 (OpenAI), Copilot (Microsoft), Gemini (Google), Claude (Anthropic), Meta AI, Perplexity, Grok (xAI), Pi (Inflection), le Chat (Mistral) and Smart Assistant (You.com).
On average, chatbots reproduced proven fakes in 35% of cases – almost twice as much as last year (18%). Inflection Pi made the most mistakes (57% false answers), followed by Perplexity (47%), Meta AI and ChatGPT (40% each). Claude from Anthropic proved to be the most accurate, reproducing falsehoods in only 10% of cases.
According to NewsGuard's editor on AI and foreign influence, Mackenzie Sadeghi, the main reason is that models are increasingly using real-time search results. This increases the risk, as search results can be deliberately filled with misinformation.OpenAI has published a report on the misuse of AI by the above-mentioned countries: https://openai.com/global-affairs/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-june-2025/ For example, a russian group called ScopeCreep was found to have created hundreds of accounts on ChatGPT, using each one only once to gradually improve Windows software. This program was then disguised as Crosshair X, a program popular among gamers.
Russian intelligence services are rapidly becoming more active in Germany
“Russia is not just returning to Cold War methods, it is also improving them. We are seeing a massive and aggressive increase in hybrid operations. The situation has become seriously complicated,” said Martina Rosenberg, head of Military Counterintelligence (MAD), in a comment for ntv: https://www.n-tv.de
russian agents are using third countries to infiltrate Germany, establishing personal connections for recruitment and creating hidden networks of influence through citizens with dual citizenship or family ties to russia.
Among the threats identified are attempts at espionage near military facilities, sabotage of infrastructure, drone attacks and interference in IT systems. In particular, damaged cables, metal shavings in engines, and oil in drinking water systems were found on ships of the German navy.
Putin's "plague" in Italy
Journalists capture the activity of RT propagandists. According to the Italian edition of Riformista, russian fakements during the year held dozens of events in the territory of the country: https://www.ilriformista.it/la-pestte-putiniana-nalia-atalia-la-ma-39-39-eventi-ylegali-e-la-campagna-publicitaria-75ia-di-di-rodi-di-r Journalists published a map of 139 illegal actions, of which 117 took place with the silent
consent of local prefectures, with RT massively placed billboards in key cities - Rome, Milan and Bologna."117 "rockets" of misinformation hit Italy, leaving unreasonable traces of propaganda, destruction of truth and law," the publication said.The edition reminds that the translation of RT and Sputnik content is prohibited by special regulations in the EU, which is part of the sanction pressure against the russian misinformation machine.
YouTube has removed nearly 11,000 propaganda accounts from China, Russia and other countries
This was reported by Google, which is fighting disinformation through its Threat Analysis Group, writes CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-channels-propaganda-china-russia.html It is noted that more than 7,700 channels were run from China. They praised the government and President Xi Jinping, published videos in Chinese and English, and commented on US foreign policy.
More than 2,000 channels were linked to russia, spreading pro-kremlin narratives and attacking Ukraine, NATO and Western democracies.
In addition, Google shut down another network linked to russian propagandists rt: 20 YouTube channels, four advertising accounts and one blog on the Blogger platform were blocked. YouTube began blocking rt in March 2022 after the start of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.In the second quarter of 2025, Google also detected information campaigns from Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey, Israel, Romania and Ghana. Some of them concerned the war between Israel and Palestine.
Microsoft exposed Russian hackers who spied on embassies
The Secret Blizzard (Turla) group, known as a division of russia's Federal Security Service's ‘Centre 16,’ hacked into the traffic of foreign diplomatic missions in moscow through the russian SORM system. According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence report, cybercriminals gained access to the infrastructure of providers and used the Adversary-in-the-Middle technique to intercept data between embassies and serversю
In addition, hackers installed ApolloShadow malware, which removed HTTPS protection and leaked logins, passwords, tokens, etc.
A fake certificate from Kaspersky Lab was also installed on the device, making the infected connection ‘secure.’Earlier, Finnish fact-checkers CheckFirst published a report on the structure of the 16th Centre of the russian FSS. The structure includes at least 10 institutions, as well as two regional departments. The minimum number of employees at the Centre is 566. Most of the institutions are located along the borders and intercept communications outside russia: https://checkfirst.network/decoding-secrets-through-symbols-how-military-insignia-revealed-russias-hidden-sigint-network/
The US has exposed a North Korean intelligence network in the IT sector
The US Department of Justice has uncovered an international network through which North Korean IT specialists illegally earned more than $5 million to finance the DPRK's missile programme, cryptocurrency theft and personal data theft, according to TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/30/us-government-takes-down-major-north-korean-remote-it-workers-operation/
The scheme was organised by Chinese-American Zhenxing ‘Danny’ Wang from New Jersey, who is accused of money laundering, identity theft and collaborating with the North Korean regime.
The Justice Department also found that IT specialists from the DPRK were posing as Americans – between 2021 and 2024, they used more than 80 fake identities, and fictitious companies were created to provide a basis for their employment. In total, there are eight other defendants from China and Taiwan in this case. Separately, five DPRK citizens are also accused of stealing $900,000 in cryptocurrency.It should be noted that since 2023, North Korea has been a strategic partner of russia and has been directly involved in its aggressive and terrorist acts, as well as strengthening its own military/terrorist potential thanks to moscow.
North Korea places its agents in European IT companies
According to The Independent, north korea, currently russia's main ally in the war against Ukraine, is increasingly placing its agents to work remotely in European IT companies. And for cover, they often pose as... Ukrainians.
north korean agents posing as legitimate remote IT workers are increasingly infiltrating companies in Europe to investigate European cybersecurity.While the United States remains the primary target of these north korean spies, their growing activities in multiple countries are creating a global threat, the Google Grows Intelligence Group (GTIG) warned in a report.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) group is also using an evolving tactic, such as increased extortion, to place its agents inside organisations, the researchers said. Read the full article here:https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/north-korea-spy-europe-it-jobs-b2725924.html
Kremlin agents from the Storm-1516 group masquerade as journalists to attack other countries
Storm-1516 actively passed off its fake news as material from real media outlets, publishing it on fake websites styled to look like well-known media outlets, according to analysts at the Gnida Project: https://gnidaproject.substack.com/p/disinformation-update-stolen-identities?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=trueWhat is known:• At least four fake websites have been created that imitate well-known media outlets in France, Romania, Canada and Germany.• The websites published fabricated ‘news,’ including:– accusations against Moldovan President Maia Sandu;
– fake news about a French company allegedly ‘exporting nuclear waste to Armenia’;– an absurd report about the death of a doctor linked to rumours about Brigitte Macron;– a fictional story about German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ‘hunting’ polar bears in Canada.
The names of real journalists were used without their consent. For example, Romanian journalist Radu Dumitrescu and French reporter Romain Fiaschetti have already stated that they have nothing to do with these publications.
There have also been attempts to discredit Norway – on the eve of the Internet Governance Forum summit, a fake website appeared reporting an ‘ecological disaster’ in the country.At the same time, Europol struck a blow against russian hackers NoName057(16).Since 2022, these hackers have carried out more than 1,000 DDoS attacks on government, financial and transport resources in EU and NATO countries. During a global special operation, more than 100 servers around the world that were used for attacks were taken out of service. Searches were carried out in more than 20 homes in France, Spain, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Poland. Two members of the group were detained. Arrest warrants were issued for 6 russian citizens, including 2 main organisers. In general, the hackers coordinated their activities through social networks, involving more than 4,000 subscribers who installed special software to participate in the attacks.
A Russian influence network attempting to destabilise Argentina has been exposed
A group of russian citizens promoted kremlin interests in Argentina, spread disinformation, manipulated public opinion, and attempted to influence the activities of foundations and activists, according to La Derecha Diario: https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/government-launches-dfi-after-detecting-russian-interference-local-organizations Argentine intelligence (SIDE) has established that the key figures are lev andriashvili and
irina yakovenko, russian citizens residing in Argentina. They received funding from moscow and established ties with local pro-russian structures.
They are linked to the La Compañía organisation, which SIDE considers part of the global operation ‘Lakhta’, previously financed by the founder of the russian ‘Wagner private military company’ yevgeny prigozhin.Similar attempts by russian spies to infiltrate Argentina have been recorded before. We are talking about artem and anna dulcev, a family of illegal intelligence agents who lived in Argentina for several years and then moved with their children to Slovenia, where they were arrested on charges of espionage.
Russia is illegally transshipping oil in the open sea near Greece
Since July 2024, the Aframax tanker IMO9247443, without Western insurance, has been illegally transshipping oil between tankers in the open sea near the coast of Greece and Cyprus. This was reported by Ukrainian intelligence. Such operations pose an environmental threat, allow the aggressor to conceal the origin of the oil, evade international control and ensure its supply to third countries in circumvention of sanctions.The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine publishes data on the vessel IMO9247443 (https://war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/) on the War&Sanctions platform, which the aggressor state russia uses as a floating transshipment
hub for the supply of sanctioned oil. In total, the War&Sanctions portal database contains data on 577 such oil tankers.At the same time, Norway has imposed sanctions on fishing companies for spying on behalf of russia.
Two russian companies, Norebo JSC and Murman Seafood, are involved in reconnaissance operations against underwater infrastructure in Norwegian and allied waters, said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.The restrictions include a ban on ships entering Norwegian ports and waters, denial of fishing licences in the economic zone, freezing of assets and a ban on financial transactions. This decision was made within the framework of the so-called ‘hybrid sanctions regime’ introduced in response to cyberattacks, sabotage and disinformation campaigns by russia.
In 2024, Russia increased imports of Chinese machine tools for the defence industry
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the russian company Almaz-Antey, which manufactures anti-aircraft weapons, and the largest russian manufacturer of tanks and armoured vehicles, Uralvagonzavod, use 37 pieces of foreign equipment."In 2024, after the sanctions were tightened, the supply of Western machine tools became more difficult, so russians are increasing their imports of equipment from China. Chinese machines are equipped with German and Japanese numerical control systems - Siemens, Heidenhain, Fanuc. The main reason is that the russians have experience with Western systems, and most part design software is designed for them," Ukrainian intelligence reports.
China has become the main driver of the Russian war machine.Beijing is no longer just a ‘third party.’ It supplies russia with critical components for weapons — from microchips to industrial machine tools, writes The Economist: https://www.economist.com/china/2025/06/19/china-has-become-the-most-important-enabler-of-russias-war-machine
The Shahed combat drones that attack Ukraine every day (between 50 and 500 per day) use Chinese antennas, GPS modules and chips. Chinese engineers are also present at russian factories and help to integrate the systems directly on site.
Deliveries of artillery shells and military UAVs have been recorded. These are no longer just ‘dual-use’ goods — Beijing is moving closer and closer to direct military assistance. In addition, China is actively helping russia circumvent sanctions, developing joint weapons production, and supporting the kremlin's defence industry technologically and economically.In fact, it can be concluded that China is deliberately supporting russia's ability to wage war and kill civilians in Ukraine.
Russia intensifies hybrid attacks on the Netherlands
The Netherlands reported a cyberattack on its civil service. According to the director of the Netherlands Military Intelligence Directorate, Peter Reissink, russia attempted a cyberattack on the Dutch civil service to seize control of the system. The attack was repelled, but it is an alarming precedent, Reuters reports.Intelligence also detected an attempt to interfere with critical infrastructure, probably in preparation for future sabotage. russian hybrid threats include: cyber attacks; physical sabotage of critical facilities; disinformation campaigns; espionage.Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-is-upping-hybrid-attacks-against-europe-dutch-intelligence-says-2025-04-22/
On the eve of the NATO summit, pro-russian hackers from the NoName057(16) group attacked an online platform used by municipalities and provinces to publish official documents, De Telegraaf reports: https://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/pro-russische-hackers-claimen-ddos-aanval-sites-nederlandse-gemeenten-en-provincies-slecht-bereikbaar/73241912.html
Due to the attack, access to municipal websites, including The Hague, has become unstable, with system overload and periodic page unavailability reported. The group uses the DDOSIA tool, which generates thousands of requests to target sites in order to paralyse their operation. The attack is coordinated via Telegram, and the tools themselves are stored on GitHub for anonymity.
It should be noted that this is not the first time NoName057(16) has attacked the infrastructure of countries supporting Ukraine. Previously, they targeted Italian banks and transport companies.
Russia forces migrants from Africa to sign contracts to fight in the war against Ukraine
Africans are being lured to moscow with fake job advertisements, particularly for shampoo production, writes The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/09/russia-sent-african-shampoo-makers-die-ukraine-front-line/ According to the article, Jean Onana from Cameroon came to moscow after seeing an advertisement for a job at a factory, but along
with other migrants from Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Ghana, he was told that there would be no job – only a contract with the russian army and deployment to the front.
According to Onana, the russian military tactic of ‘meat assaults’ is destroying hundreds of African recruits – of the nine people who signed the contract with him, he is the only one who survived. He lay in a trench for six days until he was captured by the Ukrainians.There are dozens of posts on Cameroonian social media about people missing in russia, and some relatives are posting photos of their loved ones in military uniform and asking for help. About 67 Cameroonians have already been counted among the dead.
Meanwhile, pro-russian trolls have flooded Facebook, X and TikTok in Mali. According to Le Monde, aggressive methods are being used: hostile comments, insults and personal attacks on anyone who questions the rule of the junta, which came to power after a coup supported by russian mercenaries from Wagner:https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2025/05/30/au-mali-les-confidences-de-petites-mains-d-une-ferme-a-trolls-du-pouvoir_6609355_3212. html
The phenomenon has reached unprecedented proportions since russia's emergence in the region and its break with the West, led by France. In addition to anonymous trolls, new types of influencers have appeared on social media, followed by hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
They are called ‘videomen’ and act as unofficial mouthpieces for the regime, exaggerating its achievements, stirring up anti-Western sentiment and tirelessly promoting russian propaganda in Mali. They report directly to the current government and receive funding from the administration of Malian leader General Assimi Goita.More materials on this topic: https://cepa.org/article/putin-building-african-springboard-for-war-on-west
Russia is deceiving foreigners into assembling drones to kill Ukrainians
The russians have launched an advertising campaign offering employment to citizens of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and other countries in the alabuga economic zone. They promise career growth, high salaries and interesting work. In reality, workers are involved in the assembly of Iranian military drones Shahed-136. People sign contracts, and when they find out what kind of work is actually offered, they try to refuse.
But those who refuse are intimidated and blackmailed. Some are subjected to physical violence. There are also cases where people's documents are taken away.
Mostly young people (under the age of 22) looking for a promising job are recruited for this work. More information about the scheme can be found in an investigation by the Azerbaijani TV channel Baku TV.But the geography of the search for ‘talent’ is actually much wider. The Russians also invite Latin Americans and even women from Africa to assemble weapons for murder. There is a story about this on The African Report: https://www.theafricareport.com/364458/how-russia-recruits-african-women-for-its-war-effort/
Russian intelligence gained access to surveillance cameras in four European countries
They did this to monitor aid to Ukraine, writes The Guardian. We're talking about around 1,000 hacked cameras, mostly located near borders, ports, railway stations, and military facilities. russian intelligence used them to monitor military and humanitarian aid coming into Ukraine. The investigation, led by the United States and several European allies, also revealed significant shortcomings due to the widespread use of Chinese-made cameras, even in Romanian government institutions.
Hacked surveillance cameras were found in Romania, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia, which also border Ukraine.Reuters also reported, citing a statement by Dutch intelligence, that russian cybercriminals attacked NATO and EU networks to steal data on arms supplies to Ukraine.
The activity of the Laundry Bear hackers behind this cyberattack was first detected in September 2024. At that time, they attacked confidential databases of the Dutch police and gained access to them: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-backed-group-hacked-into-networks-police-nato-say-dutch-authorities-2025-05-27/ In addition, Laundry Bear is responsible for cyber operations against Western governments and other institutions. Dutch intelligence adds that this group actively sought to obtain data on the procurement and manufacture of military equipment and weapons for Ukraine and attacked companies producing high-tech products to which russia does not have access due to sanctions.
RT Academy - a propaganda factory under the guise of ‘education’
According to Spravdi.ua, kremlin propagandists are launching ‘international journalism’ courses for students from Africa, Asia, China and India. Formally, this is training, but in fact it is the selection of new kremlin propagandists in the world.That is, the real goal is not skills, but influence. Instead of ethics, it's methodologies. Instead of freedom of speech, they give ‘instructions on how to talk about NATO, Ukraine and the West’.
The teachers are experienced propagandists of the RT media holding, who have been lying about Ukraine, the EU, the US, and NATO for years, as well as justifying the kremlin's crimes and masking its genocidal policy.
The academy is scheduled to open four new classes by the end of the year. To date, 2000 ‘graduates’ have been taught russian propaganda. RT establishes cooperation with universities, embassies, BRICS pseudo-educational programmes and employs its ‘graduates’ in local media around the world. The kremlin spares no expense in this regard: 79 billion rubles to RT from 2025 to 2027. In what other country is this possible? RT Academy is a tool for building a global disinformation network to influence social and political life in individual countries and regions. RT Media Holding is under US and EU sanctions.
Russian intelligence services are increasingly relying on ‘disposable agents’
It is becoming more difficult for the russians to embed their own agents in Germany, so moscow has recently been using agents recruited through social media for individual operations more often. This was stated by the deputy head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Germany (BfV), Zinan Zelen.According to him, such recruits are called ‘low-level agents’ or ‘disposables’. They recruit primarily those who have attracted attention with pro-russian statements on social media.
They are paid for sabotage, disinformation or espionage.At the same time, European intelligence services have been noting a significant increase in the activity of russian special services for many years, Zelen said.
"Germany is in the centre of special attention", he warned. According to him, russia's intelligence services pose a long-term threat to Europe, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine.It is worth noting that ‘disposable agents’ are offered high ‘fees’ for simple operations such as espionage, sabotage, arson, explosives, installation of GPS trackers, etc. This phenomenon is particularly common in Ukraine, as well as in Poland and Moldova. People of low social status or drug addicts are easy to recruit, but as a rule, immediately after completing the task, russian special services try to eliminate them to hide their involvement.
The Kremlin denies the existence of Lithuanians as a separate nation
russian Foreign Minister lavrov has authored a foreword to the monograph ‘History of Lithuania’, which denies the existence of the language and statehood of this Baltic country. Among the authors of the book is Gedrius Grabauskas, a former associate of Lithuanian politician Algirdas Paletskis, who was convicted of spying for russia.The head of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, called the monograph a tool of russian propaganda and compared
the book's ideas to the rhetoric that accompanied russia's invasion of Ukraine.Back then, putin published an article denying the existence of Ukrainians as a separate nation.
Kęstutis Budris said that this book was created as an instrument of hostile activity against neighbouring countries. It questions Lithuania's statehood, history, values, and symbols, and justifies the imperialism and aggression of the russian Federation against its neighbours: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2550706/russia-publishes-book-on-lithuanian-history-preface-written-by-lavrovProfessor Gintautas Mazeikis of Vytautas the Great University believes that ‘denying the existence of Lithuania is very similar to denying Ukrainians as a nation’: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2550706/russia-publishes-book-on-lithuanian-history-preface-written-by-lavrov
Russian military intelligence has been attacking French institutions for 10 years
France has accused russian military intelligence of a series of cyberattacks over the past decade against public and private institutions, as well as organisations involved in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This was reported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs with reference to a report by the national cybersecurity agency ANSSI.According to the French side, the hacker group APT28, associated with the General Staff of the russian Army, is behind the attacks.Among the recorded cases:
- an attack on the TV5 Monde television network in 2015;- an attempt to interfere in the 2017 elections, which were won by Emmanuel Macron;- a series of attacks since 2021 on a dozen institutions, including organisations related to the preparation for the Olympics.
The French government stressed that APT28 also constantly attacks Ukrainian infrastructure as part of russia's hybrid war against Ukraine, as well as conducts sabotage activities across Europe.The French agency for combating foreign digital interference, Viginum, has identified about 80 disinformation operations in favour of russia between August 2023 and early March 2025.The targets of these operations were the governments of Ukraine and European countries that support russia. The report particularly highlights the Storm-1516 disinformation campaign, which sought to influence the parliamentary elections held last year.
How India works for the Kremlin's war machine
The international intelligence community InformNapalm, in cooperation with the Ukrainian hacker group 256 Cyber Storm, investigated, exposed the scheme and disrupted the supply of critical sanctioned equipment to the russian military-industrial complex. It turned out that the sanctions circumvention scheme was organised by the russian company EMT, which ordered European sanctioned equipment through the Indian company Park Controls & Communications and paid for the order in rupees through Sberbank India.
The Indian side entered into a criminal conspiracy with the russians and tried to deceive the European manufacturer, claiming that India was the end user and that the goods were not transferred to russia.
At the same time, the Indians sent the russians not only the sanctioned equipment and software keys to it, but also duplicated all their correspondence with European manufacturers. Nevertheless, thanks to the documents obtained by the intelligence officers, it was possible to conduct a special operation and disrupt any further use of European equipment worth millions of euros by the russians, as well as block further supplies through a channel that the russians considered very convenient and reliable. The results of the investigation are available here: https://informnapalm.org/en/cyberstorm-256/
Russians involve children in weapons production and torture prisoners
Students of Simferopol's (occupied Crimea) school No. 5 are being forced to make parts for russian UAVs and chargers for assault rifles.
The whole process takes place under the supervision of military instructors, and the products are handed over to the occupation army units, the National Resistance Centre reported.
The russian invaders present this gross violation of international humanitarian law as a ‘volunteer initiative’.
The Wall Street Journal published a large article about the torture of Ukrainians in russian prisons, citing three former federal penitentiary officials: https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-prisons-ukranian-pow-torture-52df7908
The main conclusion of the article is that torture is not an excess of local executors, but an official policy of the russian authorities.
russian torturers subjected Ukrainian prisoners to torture using stun guns attached to their genitals, beating them with rubber sticks and boiler pipes.
The russians deliberately beat prisoners of war in the same place day after day, preventing injuries from healing and causing infection inside the bruises. Prisoners were denied medical care, and many of them developed gangrene, leading to amputations.
Read more about the crimes of the russians here: https://war.ukraine.ua/russia-war-crimes/ or here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
Russia recruits Chinese for war through TikTok ads
The russian Ministry of Defence is recruiting Chinese citizens to join a private army to fight in the war against Ukraine through various platforms, including bloggers and ads on TikTok and other social media. This was stated by Chinese prisoners of war during a press conference.
russia has created a new spy unit for sabotage in europe
The new unit, known to Western intelligence agencies as the Special Tasks Department (SSD), is based at the russian military intelligence headquarters on the outskirts of moscow, The Wall Street Journal reports: https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/russia-spy-covert-attacks-8199e376
North Korea Creates New Unit for AI Cyber Attacks
The Research Center 227 cyber group will operate under the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) intelligence agency and focus on developing ‘offensive hacking technologies and data theft programs,’ TechCrunch reports.
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