Larissa Doroshenko

Russian Sabre-Rattling in the Baltic Sea This article assesses Baltic maritime security and Russia's informational offense tied to EU and NATO countermeasures against the shadow fleet within April-June 2025. This article assesses Baltic…

🔎 In a new analysis, GMF's @doroshishka.bsky.social, @sophiearts.bsky.social & Jana Ondraskova assess the Russian response to actions taken by the NATO, the EU and member states to protect their assets and the Baltic and North Sea environment against damage from commercial vessels. buff.ly/w76q5Ka

Caught in the Spider’s Web: Military Bloggers Revealed Gaps in Russia’s Military and Information Defense Ukraine’s operation, “Spider’s Web”, took the Kremlin by surprise and sent shockwaves from targeted military airfields to destinations far away from the frontline. Even though the final number of dest...

Russian military bloggers' reactions toward Ukraine's large-scale drone attack encouraged Moscow to retaliate strongly.

But the Kremlin's "relatively muted" response raises questions about its belligerent rhetoric, @doroshishka.bsky.social analyzes. 👇

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Catch Me If EU Can: How RT and Sputnik Evade EU Content Bans It has been well documented that Russian state media outlets have developed various ways to circumvent EU sanctions to continue reaching audiences in Europe. This often includes the use of mirror site...

Russian state media efforts to circumvent detection underscore difficulty in enforcing "the 🇪🇺 ban on RT and Sputnik."

But "admitting that a complete ban is impossible" while remaining vigilant is the best approach, @doroshishka.bsky.social writes.

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🌎 In a new era of geopolitical rivalry and strategic competition, compounding global security crises, and the growth of authoritarian spheres of influence, the transatlantic alliance is under strain and faces the urgent task of reinventing itself. (1/3)

Catch Me If You Can: How RT and Sputnik Evade EU Content Bans It has been well documented that Russian state media outlets have developed various ways to circumvent EU sanctions to continue reaching audiences in Europe. This often includes the use of mirror site...

🇷🇺 Despite bans, RT & Sputnik have found workarounds to reach EU audiences

In ASD’s new analysis, @doroshishka.bsky.social found 300+ pathways RT & Sputnik use to disseminate their content in 7 languages, including mirror sites, proxy social media accounts, and podcasts ⤵️

#Iran, #Russia, and #China: how much (rhetorical) agreement is there now during the #Israel-Iran conflict?
We at @securedemocracy.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social combed through officials' statements and news media to find it out:
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Europe faces strong threats to democracy from foreign actors and within.

Its forthcoming European Democracy Shield presents a unique opportunity to consolidate democratic defense—if designed to be fit for purpose.

ASD's latest report outlines how. 🧵

securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/europes-mome...

🔹Predictably, Russian state-funded media were far more prominent in Russian-language search results. Banned Russian state media (RT and Sputnik) were still present in Moldovan search environments, particularly on Yandex.

🔹The content that Romanian and Russian speakers encountered had more crossover than expected, thanks to Moldova's native media outlets that publish in both languages.

🔹Media outlets funded through the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) appeared prominently in search results in both Romanian and Russian languages, providing a counterbalance to the pro-Kremlin narratives. Will these news media remain ahead of the 2025 MD Parliamentary elections?

Searching for Geopolitical Direction: The Sources Russian and Romanian Speakers Encountered on Search Engines Prior to Moldova's 2024 Votes Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldova has oscillated between East and West, or between closer ties with Russia or the EU. Last fall, the country faced this existential question...

Choosing between the East and the West: My report about search media environment prior to #Moldova 2024 votes is out with the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the @gmfus.bsky.social
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Grateful to practice my OSINT skills in linking TV BRICS to the Kremlin. 🕵🏼‍♀️📺🪆
Insightful piece led by my awesome colleague @benzoni.bsky.social

The State(s) of Foreign Information Operations This report outlines an example of a foreign information operation targeting each of the 50 US states and the District of Columbia. This report outlines an example of a foreign information operation t...

US foreign adversaries know that state and local governments and communities are foundational to US democracy.

In Bret Schafer and my new report for @gmfus.bsky.social, we explore how foreign actors target Americans at the local level with examples from all 50 states and DC. 🧵