Marcus Kolga

YouTube video by CBC News What to expect following U.S. envoy, Putin ceasefire talks in Moscow

Secondary sanctions can starve Putin’s war machine and force real concessions.
Trump may finally be waking up to how he’s been played by Putin?
I break it down for CBC News:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5G0W...

Is China a better trading partner than Trump’s America? China and the U.S. appear to be equally treacherous options for Canada, and for many countries

Any “enhanced” trade with China will come at a steep price: Beijing will demand concessions, ditching Canada’s foreign influence registry, access to critical minerals, dual-use tech, and maybe even on defence and foreign policy. Great piece by @cburton001 www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...

Not a drop to drink Facing growing water shortages, civilians in occupied eastern Ukraine appeal to Putin for disaster relief — Meduza Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the war Moscow unleashed in Donbas have severed these regions from crucial water infrastructure, creating acute shortages for residents and industry. This crisis...

No water, no future: Russia’s occupation of Donbas has delivered collapse, suffering, and now a catastrophic water crisis. It’s the same trail of misery the Kremlin leaves everywhere it claims to ‘liberate.’ meduza.io/en/feature/2...

Kremlin Invents Drug Smuggling Allegations Against Zelenskyy’s Inner Circle - DisinfoWatch A Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign, led by RIA Novosti and Sputnik News, alleges that Denys Yermak—the brother of the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Administration—is involved in smuggling narco...

🚨The Kremlin is pushing a fabricated story accusing the brother of Zelenskyy’s top aide of running an international drug ring for Ukraine's Presidential Administration - without any evidence. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/krem...

Opinion: Canada must sanction the Chinese tech companies fuelling the horrors in Ukraine China is supplying components and technology to enable Russia to build deadly drones

China is a key supplier of components used in Russian Shahed/Geran drones that terrorize and kill Ukrainian civilians every night. Canada + allies must increase sanctions pressure on China now to disrupt this deadly supply chain.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Marcus Kolga: We inform Canadian decision-makers about hostile disinformation – Propastop

Estonia’s Propastop is a global leader in disrupting Russian information and influence operations. It was honour to chat with their team in Tallinn last week: www.propastop.org/en/2025/07/0...

Opinion: Canada can help its allies ditch their dependence on Russian energy Our energy wealth is more than an economic asset – it is a tool of diplomacy, deterrence and democratic solidarity

Canada has both the opportunity + responsibility to cut off Russian energy revenues fuelling its brutal war against Ukraine by expanding our energy exports to Europe. Former
MP John Mckay + I argue it’s in our national security + economic interests to act now. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Belarus Releases 14 Prisoners Including Opposition Politician Tsikhanouski, Journalist Karnei Belarus has released 14 prisoners, including Syarhey Tsikhanouski, who was detained in May 2020 while attempting to run for president against authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Overjoyed for the Tsikhanouski family and the families of the 14 other Belarusian political prisoners released today. Their incredible courage and resilience keeps hope alive for a free Belarus. Zhivye Belarus! www.rferl.org/a/belarus-re...

From Bullets to Bytes: Rethinking NATO’s defence in the Age of Rising Information Warfare | CDA Institute As authoritarian regimes expand their global campaigns of disinformation and repression, NATO must evolve. In an age when democracy can be destabilized not just by tanks or missiles but by tweets, dee...

For the Kremlin + Beijing, information warfare, transnational repression + influence ops are weapons, no less dangerous than missiles or tanks. @NATO must expand its concept of defence to address this rising threat to the sovereignty of our democracies. cdainstitute.ca/from-bullets...

While Ukrainians sleep, Putin bombs their homes. This is terrorism, plain and simple. Designate Russia a terrorist state. Enforce a no-fly zone. Stop Putin’s war of terror. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones falsely claims U2 front man Bono embezzled 99% of African aid funds.
✅ Fact: No evidence supports this. Bono's organizations, like ONE and (RED), are globally recognized for transparency and impact. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/disg...

DisinfoWatch at the 2025 NATO Stratcom Dialogue in Riga Latvia - DisinfoWatch DisinfoWatch founder and director Marcus Kolga was invited to participate in a high-level panel on foreign interference in Canada’s 2025 federal election at the NATO StratCom Dialogue, held in Riga...

DisinfoWatch at the 2025 NATO Stratcom Dialogue where we focused on Russian and PRC information operations targeting Canada's 2025 federal election. disinfowatch.org/disinfowatch...

Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 6: Ukraine's big counterpunch, Fixing Canadian Healthcare, Ending Supply Management Conservations with DisinfoWatch.org's Marcus Kolga, Dr. Brian Day on his new book "My Fight for Canadian Healthcare," and how & why to end supply management

Our latest podcast, featuring interviews with Marcus Kolga (@disinfowatch.bsky.social), Dr. Brian Day, and Prof. Stuart Smyth (Macdonald-Laurier Institute)
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KOLGA: We must hold the perpetrators of Soviet crimes to account Eighty years ago, a targeted campaign of Soviet communist repression against the people of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania peaked with mass deportations carried out o…

On the anniversary of Soviet Russia’s mass deportations of June 1941, we must renew our call for justice. The perpetrators of these crimes—including those who found refuge in Canada—must be held to account. torontosun.com/opinion/colu...

Honoured to have had the privilege of presenting the 2024 Platform of European European Memory and Conscience Prize yesterday in Prague to a heroic defender of democracy and freedom—and my dear friend— @vkaramurza.bsky.social

Congratulating Putin’s Russia while it wages a savage, genocidal war against Ukraine is as obscene as praising Nazi Germany during WWII. And yet here we are.

Heck of a day at the @NATO #RigaStratComDialogue! Grateful to JC Boucher for masterfully moderating our panel, and to Ambassador Galadza and Kenton Thibaut for their insights into foreign interference in Canada’s last federal election. Important conversations—and more to come.

A full house of Kremlin Western influencers at a conference organized by Russian neo-fascist Konstantin Malofeev - including Alex Jones, Max Blumenthal (Greyzone), Jeffery Sachs, Errol Musk and former Chair of Winnipeg’s Buhler Industries, Konstantin Babkin.

Fighting for Canada's Democracy: Marcus Kolga Rebuilding Canada's Influence · Episode

Great first episode with @marcuskolga.bsky.social!

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No space is safe: the pro-Kremlin far-right have also infested Blue Sky 👆

Western democracies have paid more for Russian oil and gas than they’ve provided in aid to Ukraine. Canada needs to step up—developing our energy export capacity can help cut off the Kremlin’s war funding and support our allies. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Satellite data sheds light on Russia’s modern-day gulags for Ukrainian children A Canadian-funded effort is tracking the movements of Ukrainian children taken during wartime

The Children’s GULAG: Russia is forcing kidnapped Ukrainian children—some as young as 8—to train and become child soldiers. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Fighting for Canada's Democracy: Marcus Kolga Podcast Episode · Rebuilding Canada's Influence · 05/28/2025 · 1h 6m

I joined Brian McQuinn from University of Regina, on his new podcast "Rebuilding Canada’s Influence" to talk about what it’s like to confront authoritarian regimes internationally and their enablers right here in Canada. Listen here via Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

See you in Riga for the 2025 NATO Stratcom Dialogue?

🚨 KREMLIN DISINFORMATION ALERT:
Russian MFA Spokesperson Maria Zakharova + an army of Kremlin influencers falsely claim Macron, Starmer & Merz consumed illicit drugs during a Ukraine peace meeting.
Alex Jones amplified the lie to 11+ million viewers. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/west...

Kremlin Spokeswoman Spreads False Claim of Drug Use by Western Leaders - DisinfoWatch On the morning of May 11, 2025, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova posted a false and defamatory claim on Telegram, alleging that illicit drugs were consumed during a meeting...

Russian MFA Spokesperson Maria Zakharova + an army of Kremlin influencers falsely claim Macron, Starmer & Merz consumed illicit drugs during a Ukraine peace meeting.
Alex Jones amplified the lie to 11+ million viewers. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/west...

RSF downgrades global press freedom index to all-time low The global average press freedom score has fallen for the first time into RSF's "difficult" territory.

@RSF.org annual press freedom ranking is out today, Norway is nr 1. Estonia is nr 2 in press freedom in the world.

JD Vance attacked Europe over freedom of expression, yet all of Europe is far ahead of the US, which came in at nr 57 between Sierra Leone and Gabon

pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-mov...

False Claims of Misconduct In Canadian Election - DisinfoWatch A radical far-right British influencer and self-described “truth warrior” has posted a misleading video on Twitter/X alleging electoral misconduct in Canada’s 2025 federal election. The video falsely ...

🚨 Foreign conspiracy theorists/extremist influencers are pushing false claims of election misconduct. Don’t fall for it!
If you have concerns, check with Canada’s Elections Commissioner. disinfowatch.org/disinfo/fals...

With a Bounty on His Head, a Critic of China Runs in Canada’s Election (Gift Article) After Joe Tay set up a run for Parliament, China issued a warrant for his arrest and coordinated online attacks on his candidacy.

Beijing’s transnational repression + disinformation targeting Canadian election candidate Joe Tay will likely succeed in impacting the outcome in two ridings — while Canada’s two main parties turn a blind eye. Quoted in today’s @nytimes: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/w...

Federal leaders should commit to designating Russia a terrorist state This would place strict controls on exports and open legal avenues for victims to seek compensation

Russia is waging a war of terror and mass murder against Ukraine. "Its leaders have weaponized starvation, child abduction, sexual violence and genocide. If these are not acts of terrorism, then the word has no meaning." @Kasparov63 + I in @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/a2e82d8...