Russia has long been waging operations against democracies using all of the asymmetric tools ASD tracks—information manipulation, cyberattacks, malign finance, civil society subversion, and state economic coercion. The Kremlin’s geographic scope in conducting operations to undermine democracy continues to expand and its tactics continue to evolve. Find ASD’s work on Russia’s attempts to interfere in democracies on this page.
Interference Matters
Catch Me If EU Can: How RT and Sputnik Evade EU Content Bans
Kristine Berzina Discusses the UK’s New Mutual Security Pact with Sweden and Finland on BBC
GMF's Kristine Berzina joins BBC News to discuss the mutual security pact that the UK signed today with Sweden and Finland. The new agreement outlines support the UK will provide if Finland and Sweden come under attack, guarantees more intelligence [...]
Hamilton Toplines: May 2-May 8, 2022
Russia Russian government-affiliated Twitter accounts marked Victory Day, which celebrates the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazis in World War II, by launching a patriotic messaging push across social media. Russian diplomats and state media posted more [...]
Kristine Berzina Discusses Evacuations in Mariupol and Ukrainian Counter-Attacks on Alhurra
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina discusses what's next for evacuations from Mariupol and Ukrainian counter-attacks in the east. [...]
Kristine Berzina Discusses Russian Oil and the State of the War in Ukraine on Latvijas Radio
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina discusses oil and other developments in the Ukraine war. [...]
Laura Thornton on the DHS Inspector General’s Report and Disinformation Board on Background Briefing
Background Briefing with Ian Masters · The DHS Reports On Trump's 2020 Russia Coverup as Republicans Try to Shut Down the DHS Disinfo Board Then finally we investigate the disconnect between the DHS Inspector General’s report revealing how Trump’s A [...]
Hamilton Toplines: April 25–May 1, 2022
Russia Russian diplomats and state media last week posted 764 tweets that referenced either “gas” or “rubles” as propagandists detailed Europe’s effort to cope with Moscow’s decision to cut gas supplies for Poland and Bulgaria. Russia made the move [...]
Kristine Berzina on the Gas Situation in Europe on Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson
Russia's decision to cut off gas to Poland and Bulgaria won't just impact those countries' citizens or the millions of Ukrainian refugees. Why? Kristine Berzina with the Alliance for Securing Democracy shows how the situation could be one of the Eur [...]
Bret Schafer Unpacks Russian and Chinese Disinformation Nexus with Washington Foreign Press Center
This briefing unpacks the Russia-China disinformation nexus, with a focus on the Global South, as well as the countries' increasing information warfare campaigns, within the context of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. [...]
Kristine Berzina Analyzes Russia’s Objectives in the War in Ukraine on France 24
As #Russia points the finger at #NATO, the #UN's Antonio Guterres is in Moscow, asking for cooperation over humanitarian access to places like Mariupol. Sergei Lavrov says they are "ready to cooperate", but only a day before he warned that World War [...]
Hamilton Toplines: April 18–24, 2022
Russia Russian diplomats and state media last week posted more than 800 tweets that referenced “Mariupol” or “Azovstal,” which is the name of a steel plant in the city that has become a holdout for Ukrainian soldiers. Kremlin-linked accounts celebra [...]
Kristine Berzina on the EU’s Strategic Compass on Bridging the Atlantic
Vladimir Putin has brought war back to Europe, presenting transatlantic security with the massive challenge of supporting Ukraine and shoring up their own defenses. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shifted the conversation from whether EU countries [...]
French Election Dashboard Toplines: April 11–17, 2022
Highlights The Russian Embassy in Paris was the author of nine of the top ten tweets by French-language Russian accounts last week. As in previous weeks, its messaging focused on the war in Ukraine and ignored domestic French politics. Russian st [...]