Mechanisms & tools

by Kate Starbird, Ahmer Arif, Tom Wilson, Katherine Van Koevering, Katya Yefimova and Daniel Scarnecchia, University of Washington and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

When Spies Hack Journalism

by Scott Shane, The New York Times

Propaganda Pushed Around Indictment

by @DFRLab

Russian Influence Campaigns against the West: From the Cold War to Putin

by Kevin N. McCauley

Pro-Kremlin disinformation penetrates Western outlets

How Moscow is spreading its propaganda using EU-funded media
by vasgri, InformNapalm

Russia’s Fake “Electronic Bomb”
by @DFRLab

On “The Masks of the Revolution” – and on the ethics of journalism
by Sebastian Gobert, Nouvelles de l’Est

The Washington Post, Miami Herald, InfoWars and other U.S. sites spread Russian propaganda from Twitter

by Tony Romm and Rani Molla, Recode

Jenna Abrams, Russia’s Clown Troll Princess, Duped the Mainstream Media and the World

by Ben Collins and Joseph Cox, Daily Beast

Inside a Russian disinformation campaign in Ukraine in 2014

by Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post

How much resource is used

500 bloggers ready to attack Ukraine and the EU
by East Stratcom Task Force

В Минобороны РФ создали войска информационных операций
by Interfax, webarchived 27/07/2017 (RU)

Russian Propaganda: ‘The Weaponization of Information
by Molly McKitterick, VOA

Russia’s National Guard to engage in information warfare
by Meduza

Russia’s National Guard to Monitor Social Networks
by Moscow Times, via StopFake

“Alternative narratives” of crisis events

Information Wars: A Window into the Alternative Media Ecosystem
by Kate Starbird

How pro-Kremlin outlets abuse the tragedy of terror
by East Stratcom Task Force

Who is vulnerable and how

Russlands geheimer Feldzug gegen den Westen
by Eckart Lohse, Reinhard Veser, Markus Wehner and Matthias Wyssuwa, FAZ (DE)

Success and effect

Russian propaganda wins EU hearts and minds
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer

Even the strongest are in danger
by East Stratcom Task Force

NATO Publics Blame Russia for Ukrainian Crisis, but Reluctant to Provide Military Aid
by Katie Simmons, Bruce Stokes and Jacob Poushter, Pew Research Centre

Mixed messages and Signs of Hope from Central and Eastern Europe
by GLOBSEC Trends 2017 (.pdf)

Even small news outlets can affect public debate, Harvard study finds

by Martin Finucane, Boston Globe

#ElectionWatch: Scottish Vote, Pro-Kremlin Trolls

by @DFRLab

Measuring the reach of “fake news” and online disinformation in Europe

by Richard Fletcher, Alessio Cornia, Lucas Graves, and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Reuters Institute, University of Oxford (.pdf)

In Germany, online hate speech has real-world consequences

by The Economist

Russia’s Full Spectrum Propaganda

by @DFRLab

Should we consider fake news another form of (not particularly effective) political persuasion — or something more dangerous?

by Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman

#ElectionWatch: Beyond Russian Impact

by @DFRLab

A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election

by Aaron Blake, The Washington Post

Feeding both sides of the extreme

Russian trolls ‘spreading discord’ over vaccine safety online

Jessica Glenza, The Guardian

Far-left, far-right, extremists, separatists

Russian model helps extreme right to become mainstream
by Anton Shekhovtsov, RAAMOPRUSLAND

Spread it on Reddit
by @DFRLab

Information Wars: A Window into the Alternative Media Ecosystem
by Kate Starbird

В Москве второй раз пройдет международный съезд сепаратистов
by rbc.ru, webarchived 27/07/2017

Russian Agitprop Pervades Central and Eastern Europe
by Sergey Sukhankin, Jamestown

More European Far Right Conferences in Russia
by Richard Arnold, Jamestown

Фашисты, друзья России
by Юрий Федоров, RFE/RL (RU)

Russian Internet: Fake News Haven?
@DFRLab

Putin’s friends in Europe
by Fredrik Wesslau, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

The world according to Europe’s insurgent parties: Putin, migration and people power
by Susi Dennison and Dina Pardijs, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

Russia and the European Far Left
Péter Krekó, Lóránt Győri, Political Capital Institute (.pdf)

Don’t ignore the left! Connections between Europe’s radical left and Russia
by Péter Krekó, Lóránt Győri, openDemocracy

Illicit Russian money poses threat to EU democracy
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer

Montenegro Coup Suspect Linked to Russian-backed “Ultranationalist” Organisation
by Bellingcat

Foot Soldiers in a Shadowy Battle Between Russia and the West
by Andrew Higgins, New York Times

The activity of pro-Russian extremist groups in Central-Eastern Europe
by Political Capital

Brothers in Arms
by Leonid Ragozin, Coda

These Swedish Nazis Trained In Russia Before Bombing A Center For Asylum Seekers
by J. Lester Feder, Edgar Mannheimer, Jane Lytvynenko, BuzzFeed

Russia’s Facebook Fake News Could Have Reached 70 Million Americans

by Ben Collins, Kevin Poulsen, Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast

Exclusive: Russia Used Facebook Events to Organize Anti-Immigrant Rallies on U.S. Soil

by Ben Collins, Kevin Poulsen, Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast

An Unholy Alliance. The European Far Right and Putin’s Russia

by Antonis Klapsis, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (.pdf)

A pocket revolution bought with Russian money

by Paweł Reszka and Pavla Holcova, Vsquare.org

Information warfare. Journalists are the target, manipulation is a tool

by Edyta Żemła, Vsquare.org

Right-Wing Activists Take Aim at German Election

by Spiegel Online

These Americans Were Tricked Into Working For Russia. They Say They Had No Idea

by Rosalind Adams and Hayes Brown, BuzzFeed News

Prominent “GOP” Twitter Account, Allegedly A Russian Troll, Was Widely Quoted In US Media

by Kevin Collier, BuzzFeed News

From Troll Farm to Trump

by @DFRLab

Conventional bedfellows: The Russian propaganda machine and the western far right

by Anton Shekhovtsov, Eurozine

Italy, Bracing for Electoral Season of Fake News, Demands Facebook’s Help

by Jason Horowitz, The New York Times

Russia’s Covert Campaign to Inflame East Europe

by Oskar Górzyński, The Daily Beast

Russian disinformation distorts American and European democracy

by The Economist

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

Exploiting migrant crisis

Hungarian secret agent reveals in detail how serious the Russian threat is
by Szabolcs Panyi, Belfold

Russian Internet: Fake News Haven?
by @DFRLab

Estonian Internal Security Service Annual Review 2016
by the Estonian Internal Security Service

Lithuanian National Security Threat Assessment 2017
by the Lithuanian State Security Department and the Second Investigation Department under the MoD (.pdf)

Sex and lies: Russia’s EU news
by Andrew Rettman, EU Observer

INFORMATION WARFARE IN THE INTERNET
by Centre for International Relations Foundation (CIR) (.pdf)

Russia Helped Shape Italy’s Twitter Obsession With Immigrants

by Esteban Duarte and Chiara Albanese, Bloomberg