Centre for Democratic Integrity

The Centre for Democratic Integrity monitors and analyses attempts of authoritarian regimes to influence politics, societies and public governance in Europe.

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Our new publication "Russia against Ukraine: Russian Political Mythology and the War on Ukrainian Identity" explores the socio-cultural foundations and political expressions of Russian anti-Ukrainian sentiments in initiating/sustaining the Russian war: https://t.co/OWC91pNHgO

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This Putin ally lures a network of EU lawmakers to Russia. https://t.co/a1vJfyw1dj

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The humanitarian breakthrough in Oleshky has not changed Moscow’s calculations. Putin believes he can outlast Western support for Ukraine. https://t.co/2NJIapglIe

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How Russian propaganda turned the Kraków mass shooter into a pro-Ukraine, pro-LGBT "left-wing terrorist". https://t.co/4UHPBBFxjU

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Russia agreed to the Abu Dhabi talks not because it is ready for peace, but because it still demands Ukraine’s surrender and is betting that Western support – from a weapons-strained US to a possible Le Pen presidency in France – will wither soon. https://t.co/gZ9oIpqhTM

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What JK Rowling’s Voldemort can teach us about Ukraine war. https://t.co/5ivnYU4vqY

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Russia is trying to push Kyrgyz payment system Vexpay into China’s financial bloodstream to keep circumventing Western sanctions and funding its war machine. https://t.co/zar9lrLs99

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How Russia Turns Europe’s Divisions into Power. https://t.co/5y6AAAb12W Anton Shekhovtsov explains why Moscow does not need Europeans to become pro-Russian and why its campaign against Western unity remains tied to Vladimir Putin.

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A leaked Russian briefing note for Putin reveals how Russia hopes to use a Kyrgyz payment platform, Vexpay, and Chinese help to slip its war money past Western sanctions. https://t.co/zsBHN6HPbX

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A short video excerpt from my presentation “Weaponising the Far Right: Foreign Influence in Europe Today”, with German subtitles – the full presentation can be read here: https://t.co/MmO5QfgGnb

Video: Stephan Richter. Project: “Zeit der Monster” @ Austria's Museum of Military History: https://t.co/lJkQ1y0IeS

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Fidesz’s electoral defeat means the removal of a key hub of illiberal power and far-right financing built under Viktor Orbán. Yet Orbán's fall does not fundamentally alter the broader picture: the European populist radical right remains strong and politically relevant. https://t.co/zFvGHY93vW

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International far-right networks: Peter Jukes and Nafeez Ahmed reveal how James Orr, Nigel Farage’s new head of policy, is the key religious and ideological linkman for Palantir’s Peter Thiel and Sir Paul Marshall’s GB News. https://t.co/VJB1hQ6Gxa

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Hungary colluded with Russia to delist sanctioned oligarchs, companies and banks https://t.co/Kh8ijHluE5

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Ukraine’s EU accession risks becoming strategically hollow due to the EU's internal contradictions. Ukraine may need to orient itself towards the next Europe, a more cohesive continental project. Yet building such a Europe will face political obstacles. https://t.co/fsDBrCgJgJ

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RT @A_SHEKH0VTS0V: Ukraine’s EU accession risks becoming strategically hollow as Europe’s internal contradictions persist. Rather than wait…

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The rise of necropolitical oligarchy — a global challenge https://t.co/VR0wlVlLkR

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Composed of extractive, technological, financial, security, and real-estate elites, the American necropolitical oligarchy is poised to govern through the administration of death, abandonment, and expendability. https://t.co/TNXfeG0Vmk

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Beyond the €120 Million Fine on X: Unresolved DSA concerns and the EU’s digital sovereignty. https://t.co/wqXlH7gUTt

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Richard Balfe's Path to Pro-Kremlin Alignment: From fake election observation to a decade of Moscow-friendly narratives https://t.co/Cw42OkHFKQ

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Former UK MEP Nathan Gill was sentenced last month to more than ten years in prison for taking bribes for his pro-Russian statements. Today I’m looking at another British politician, Richard Balfe, who had contacts with the same pro-Russian network that bribed Gill.

https://t.co/x61joK9MfC

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Moscow’s "peace plan" as an instrument of war https://t.co/2AdJZlQsLv