Brexit
Brexit: foreign states may have interfered in vote, report says
by Rajeev Syal, Guardian
Lobbying for Brexit: How the Kremlin’s media are distorting the UK’s debate
by Ben Nimmo, The Institute for Statecraft
Putin’s Media Are Pushing Britain For The Brexit
by Ben Nimmo, The Interpreter
Why Russia (probably) isn’t hacking the general election
by Andrew Foxall, CapX
Brexit, the ministers, the professor and the spy: how Russia pulls strings in UK
by Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian
by Will Stewart and Nick Craven, Mail Online
by Neil Barnett, The American Interest
Here’s the first evidence Russia used Twitter to influence Brexit
by Matt Burgess, Wired
Russian trolls pushed pro-Brexit spin on day of referendum
by Donie O’Sullivan
Intelligence watchdog urged to look at Russian influence on Brexit vote
by Robert Booth and Alex Hern, The Guardian
UK, the Latest Target of Fake Russian Twitter Accounts
by EUvsDisinfo
Russia used a network of 150,000 Twitter accounts to meddle in Brexit
by Adam Payne, Business Insider
Is Facebook’s Brexit investigation too little, too late? Probably
by David Gilbert, VICE News
‘We’re waiting for answers’: Facebook, Brexit and 40 questions
by Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian
UK 2017
by EU vs Disinformation
Italy
Italy’s Most Popular Political Party Is Leading Europe In Fake News And Kremlin Propaganda
by Alberto Nardelli and Craig Silverman, BuzzFeed
The Russian propaganda against Renzi: and Grillo’s web backs it up
by Jacopo Iacoboni, La Stampa
Italy, Bracing for Electoral Season of Fake News, Demands Facebook’s Help
by Jason Horowitz, The New York Times
#ElectionWatch: A Guide To Italian Elections
by @DFRLab
How Russian networks worked to boost the far right in Italy
by Daniel Verdu and David Alandete, El Pais
#ElectionWatch: Echo Campaigns and Electoral Results in Italy
by @DFRLab
Russia Helped Shape Italy’s Twitter Obsession With Immigrants
by Esteban Duarte and Chiara Albanese, Bloomberg
#ElectionWatch: Italy on High Alert Ahead of March Elections
by @DFRLab
Russia Helped Shape Italy’s Twitter Obsession With Immigrants
by Esteban Duarte and Chiara Albanese, Bloomberg
by Joanna Plucinska and Mark Scott, Politico
The Netherlands
Behind the Dutch Terror Threat Video: The St. Petersburg “Troll Factory” Connection
by Bellingcat Investigation Team
The Dutch just showed the world how Russia influences Western European elections
by Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Kremlin Disinformation and the Dutch Referendum
by Robert van der Noordaa, for Integrity Initiative, via StopFake
Russia spread fake news during Dutch election: report
by CYNTHIA KROET, Politico
US elections 2016
Unless The Government Acts Soon, Fake News Will Produce Deep Information Inequality
by Philip N. Howard, Huffington Post
Why This Russian Wants to Give Donald Trump 100,000 Rubles
by Julia Ioffe, Politico
The Kremlin’s Candidate
by Michael Crowley, Politico
Watching the hearings, I learned my “Bernie bro” harassers may have been Russian bots
by Leah McElrath, Shareblue
Trolling for Trump: how Russia is trying to destroy our democracy
by Andrew Weisburd, Clint Watts and Jm Berger, War on the Rocks
Enhanced Analysis of GRIZZLY STEPPE Activity
by US Homeland Security (.pdf)
Trump, Putin, and the new cold war
by Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker
DISINFORMATION, A PRIMER IN RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES AND INFLUENCE CAMPAIGNS
by Thomas Rid, Hearings before the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate (.pdf)
Disinformation: A Primer In Russian Active Measures And Influence Campaigns
by Clint Watts, Statement Prepared for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing (.pdf)
Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election – documents
by Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and John Walcott, Reuters
Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America
by Massimo Calabresi, TIME
Putin’s Hidden Insurgency Tore Up Ukraine. Now It’s Coming for Your Inbox.
by Clint Watts, Daily Beast
Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s election assault
by Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima and Adam Entous, Washington Post
Investigators explore if Russia colluded with pro-Trump sites during US election
by Julian Borger, Guardian
Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation
by Peter Stone and Greg Gordon, McClatchy
It looks like Russia hired internet trolls to pose as pro-Trump Americans
by Natasha Bertrand, Business Insider
Ex-CIA Director Hayden: Russia election meddling was ‘most successful covert operation in history’
by Julia Munslow, Yahoo News
Inside the Secret Plan to Stop Vladimir Putin’s U.S. Election Plot
by Massimo Calabresi, Time
Russia’s Facebook Fake News Could Have Reached 70 Million Americans
by Ben Collins, Kevin Poulsen, Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election
by Scott Shane, The New York Times
FORUM Q&A: Philip Howard on Computational Propaganda’s Challenge to Democracy
by NED
Mystery of Russian Fake on Facebook Solved, by a Brazilian
by Scott Shane, The New York Times
Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’
by Andrew Higgins, Mike Mcintire And Gabriel J.X. Dance, The New York Times
Fake Russian Facebook Accounts Bought $100,000 in Political Ads
by Scott Shane and Vindu Goelб The New York Times
An Update On Information Operations On Facebook
by Alex Stamos, Newsroom Facebook
The city getting rich from fake news
by Emma Jane Kirby, BBC News
Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’
by Andrew Higgins, Mike Mcintire And Gabriel J.X. Dance, The New York Times
Russia Recruited YouTubers to Bash ‘Racist B*tch’ Hillary Clinton Over Rap Beats
by Ben Collins, Gideon Resnick, Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
Fake News on Twitter Flooded Swing States That Helped Trump Win
by Denise Clifton
Google uncovers Russian-bought ads on YouTube, Gmail and other platforms
by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Adam Entous and Craig Timberg, The Washington Post
Russian propaganda may have been shared hundreds of millions of times, new research says
by Craig Timberg, The Washington Post
How Russia Harvested American Rage to Reshape U.S. Politics
by Nicholas Confessore and Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times
I Watched Over 100 Covert Russian Propaganda Videos On YouTube — Here’s What I Saw
by Caroline O., Arc Digital
by Evgenya Kotlyar, TV Rain (RU)
The Fake Americans Russia Created to Influence the Election
by Scott Shane, The New York Times
by @DFRLab
Russia-linked posts ‘reached 126m Facebook users in US’
by BBC News
by Will Stewart and Nick Craven, Mail Online
Exclusive: Russia Activated Twitter Sleeper Cells for 2016 Election Day Blitz
by Kevin Poulsen, Daily Beast
by Neil Barnett, The American Interest
How A Russian Troll Fooled America
by @DFRLab
Russian Twitter trolls stoked voter fraud fear before election
by Ben Popken, NBC News
How the Kremlin Tried to Pose as American News Sites on Twitter
by Selina Wang, Bloomberg
Russian TV Editor Says His Network Got Calls from The Kremlin To Attack Clinton
by Graham Lanktree, Newsweek
The Intel Community’s Russia Report: A One Year Look Back
by The Moscow Project
Kremlin trolls burned across the Internet as Washington debated options
by Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post
Russian Bots Retweeted Trump’s Twitter 470,000 Times
by Gerrit De Vynck and Selina Wang, Bloomberg
Dutch agencies provide crucial intel about Russia’s interference in US-elections
by Huib Modderkolk, De Volkskrant
Как Россия вмешивалась в дела США. Досье
by Ksenia Kirillova, Planeta / StopFake.org (RU)
#ElectionWatch: Beyond Russian Impact
by @DFRLab
Facebook Doesn’t Know How Many People Followed Russians on Instagram
by Issie Lapowsky, Wired
by Kevin Poulsen and Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election
by Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
How Russian Facebook Ads Divided and Targeted US Voters Before the 2016 Election
by Issie Lapowsky, Wired
How Putin Will Manipulate Us in 2018
by John Sipher, Politico
Russia Tried to Undermine Confidence in Voting Systems, Senators Say
by Nicholas Fandos and Michael Wines, The New York Times
Lawmakers Release Trove of More Than 3,500 Russian-Backed Facebook Ads
by Anna Edgerton and Sarah Frier, Bloomberg
We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Here’s what we found
by Nick Penzenstadler, Brad Heath and Jessica Guynn, USA Today
Propaganda Pushed Around Indictment
by @DFRLab
German elections 2017
Beacon Project Versus Insights
by Beacon Project (.pdf)
German media worries about Russian-led disinformation campaign
by DW
How a fake story about Angela Merkel led to a far-right cluster on Reddit
by @DFRLab
Germany sees rise in Russian propaganda, cyber attacks
by Reuters
Commission: Russian propaganda focused on denigrating Merkel
by Georgi Gotev, EURACTIV.com
Europe is trying to keep Russia from influencing its elections
by The Economist
Illicit Russian money poses threat to EU democracy
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
War without blood
by Patrick Beuth, Marc Brost, Peter Dausend, Steffen Dobbert, Götz Hamann, Die Zeit
German spy chief warns Kremlin on election hack
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
Germany fears Russia stole information to disrupt election
by Janosch Delcker, Politico
Merkel and the Fancy Bear
by Patrick Beuth, Kai Biermann, Martin Klingst, Holger Stark, Die Zeit
The Kremlin’s Amplifiers in Germany
by @DFRLab
Germany Builds an Election Firewall to Fight Russian Hackers
by Stefan Nicola, Carol Matlack, Birgit Jennen, Bloomberg
Germany expects Russian leaking to start in ‘weeks’
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
The impact of Russian interference on Germany’s 2017 elections
by Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings
Germany’s anti-fake news lab yields mixed results
by Laurens Cerulus, Politico
Germany Confronts Russian Hybrid Warfare
by Kaan Sahin, Carnegie Europe
Merkel ally cites thousands of cyber attacks from Russian IP addresses
by Reuters
German Election: Russian Botnet Boosts Far-Right Posts
by @DFRLab
by Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
by Jutta Kramm, for Correctiv, via StopFake
Intelligence chief warns of foreign interference in German coalition talks
by Joseph Fitsanakis, Intelnews.org
#ElectionWatch: Disinformation in Deutschland
by @DFRLab
Right-Wing Activists Take Aim at German Election
by Spiegel Online
Russian Propaganda In Germany: More Effective Than You Think
by Maria Snegovaya, The American Interest
Fears of fake news overshadowed its effect — in Germany
by Marcel Fürstenau, DW
Far-right German voters more likely to believe fake news, study says
by Mark Scott, POLITICO
Czech elections 2018
Extremisté šíří lži o Drahošovi. Kandidáta na Hrad spojují s StB i miliardářem Sorosem
by Jakub Zelenka, Hospodářské Noviny (CZ)
Zeman versus Drahoš. Finále voleb doprovodí válka lží
by Jan Klička and Veronika Rodriguez, Denik.cz (CZ)
Czech presidential election on a knife-edge as challenger cries foul
by Robert Tait, The Guardian
The role of the Kremlin’s influence and disinformation in the Czech presidential elections
by Jakub Janda, Veronika Víchová, Markéta Krejčí, European Values (.pdf)
by mka, ČT24 (CZ)
E-mailové lži. Předvolební dezinformace psali a šířili lékař, advokát, důchodce nebo farmář
by Ondřej Golis, iRozhlas (CZ)
Finland 2018
Someone Is Building A Finnish-Themed Twitter Botnet
by Andy Patel, F-Secure
French elections 2017
Emmanuel Macron aide blames Russia for hacking attempts
by Nicholas Vinocur, Politico
Frankly unfair?
by @DFRLab
Russia Launches Operation ‘Anyone But Macron’
by Ola Cichowlas, Moscow Times
HACK THE ELECTION
by David Gilbert, Vice News
Le Monde identifies 600 unreliable websites in fake-news crackdown
by Jessica Davies, DigiDay
Europe is trying to keep Russia from influencing its elections
by The Economist
Facebook cracks down on 30,000 fake accounts in France
by Eric Auchard, Joseph Menn, Reuters
The Kremlin’s Audience in France
by @DFRLab
Trump Supporters Online Are Pretending To Be French To Manipulate France’s Election
by Ryan Broderick, BuzzFeed
Experts say automated accounts sharing fake news ahead of French election
by Mark Hosenball, Joseph Menn, Reuters
Illicit Russian money poses threat to EU democracy
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
Russia’s fake news machine is targeting the French elections
by David Gilbert, Vice News
Macron campaign was target of cyber-attacks by spy-linked group
by EURACTIV
Russian Hackers Who Targeted Clinton Appear to Attach France’s Macron
by Nicole Perlroth, New York Times
Russia-linked fake news floods French social media
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
The French election through Kremlin eyes
by @DFRLab
How Russia hacked the French election
by Laura Daniels, Politico
В метаданных взломанных писем Макрона обнаружилось имя русского хакера
by Анастасия Кириленко, The Insider (RU)
Hashtag Campaign: #MacronLeaks
by @DFRLab
Analyzing a counter intelligence cyber operation: How Macron just changed cyber security forever
by Gadi Evron, Hackernoon
THE NSA CONFIRMS IT: RUSSIA HACKED FRENCH ELECTION ‘INFRASTRUCTURE’
by Andy Greenberg, Wired
How online activists tried to harm Macron
by NICOLAS VANDERBIEST, EU Observer
Can the Kremlin Influence the French Election?
by CÉCILE VAISSIÉ, New York Times
Pro-Trump Twitter bots were also used to target Macron, research shows
by Amar Toor, Verge
Hungary 2018
“Hungary is a post-truth laboratory”
by Anita Komuves, Vsquare
Russia 2018
Kremlin ‘Trolls’ Meddling In Russia’s Own Elections? ‘Of Course We Are!’
by Dmitry Volchek, Robert Coalson, RFE / EL
#ElectionWatch: Kremlin Media Ignores Inaugural Protests
by @DFRLab
How The Propaganda Contributed To Putin’s Fourth Term
by Memo 98
Catalonian referendum
Los ‘bots rusos’ entran en la campaña por el referéndum del 1 de octubre
by Álex Barredo, La Vanguardia (ES)
La maquinaria de injerencias rusa penetra la crisis catalana
by David Alandete, El Pais (ES)
The lies of the Catalan regional premier
by Susana Urra and George Mills, El Pais
EL PAÍS analyzes 10 claims commonly made by separatists to support their cause
by Xavier Vidal-Folch and José Ignacio Torreblanca, El Pais
Three myths about Catalonia’s independence movement
by Francisco de Borja Lasheras, ECFR
by Daniel Gascón, Letras Libres
Shifting Stories on the “Spanish Donbas”
by @DRFLab
Russian network used Venezuelan accounts to deepen Catalan crisis
by David Alandete, EL PAIS
Government confirms intervention of Russian hackers in Catalan crisis
by Anabel Diez and Juan Jose Mateo, EL PAIS
NATO intelligence reports show spike in disinformation about Catalonia
by David Alandente, EL PAIS
The ‘combination’: an instrument in Russia’s information war in Catalonia
by Mira Milosevich-Juaristi, Real Instituto Elcano
by Javier Lesaca, El Pais
There’s fake news in Catalonia too
by David Alandete, El Pais
Russia meddled in Catalonia independence referendum, says German intelligence boss
by Graham Keeley, The Times
Why did Russian social media swarm the digital conversation about Catalan independence?
by The Washington Post
Scottish independence referendum
Analysis: Why Scotland has to wake up to Russian trolling on independence
by Ben Nimmo, The Herald
#ElectionWatch: Scottish Vote, Pro-Kremlin Trolls
by @DFRLab
Irish referendum 2018
How Ireland Beat Dark Ads. Shady tactics failed to pay off in a divisive abortion referendum
by Rachel Lavin, Roland Adorjani
Multiple countries
Alleged Russian political meddling documented in 27 countries since 2004
by Oren Dorell, USA Today
Does Russia interfere in Czech, Austrian and Hungarian elections?
by Lóránt Győri, Péter Krekó, Jakub Janda and Bernhard Weidinger, Political Capital (.pdf)
Others
Fears grow that Russia could meddle in Mexican election
by RAFAEL BERNAL, The Hill
RT, Sputnik and Russia’s New Theory of War
by Jim Rutenberg, The New York Times Magazine
McMaster: US has seen signs of Russian ‘subversion and disinformation’ in upcoming Mexican election
by Christopher Woody, Business Insider