Corruption has long been a significant issue in Russia, and it can influence the political agenda and regime strategy in several ways under Vladimir Putin's leadership.

This thread brings together some key themes of corruption inside Russia today, teasing some critical thinking…

Large-scale disinformation campaigns are a major challenge for Europe and require a coordinated response from EU countries, EU institutions, online platforms, news media and EU citizens.

Disinformation is false or misleading content that is spread with an intention to deceive…

FAFO time

China's direct exports to Russia are peaking at very high levels (lhs), while exports to Central Asia - especially Kazakhstan (rhs, black) and Kyrgyzstan (rhs, red) - continue to boom. As scrutiny of China's exports to Russia grows, China's need for plausible deniability rises...

Lithuania is buying Russian Grain, possibly stolen from Ukraine.

It is becoming increasingly clear that large quantities of Russian grain are entering the EU through both Latvia and Lithuania. It is likely that some of this grain has been seized from Ukrainian territory occupied…

Argentina wants to become NATO's global partner and has submitted a corresponding request, Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri said on Thursday.

'I met with Deputy Secretary General of NATO Geoana. I transmitted a letter of intent to him, which contains a request from Argentina…

Russia And China Are Flooding Africa With Disinformation, the west is failing to counter this escalating warfare theatre.

The proliferation of disinformation is a fundamental challenge to stable and prosperous African societies. The scope of these intentional efforts to distort…

Misinformation, Disinformation and Mal-Information (MDM)

👉 Disinformation is the false, inaccurate, or misleading information deliberately created, presented and disseminated, whereas “mis-information” is false or inaccurate information that is shared unknowingly and is not…

Quality research threads, work and time dedicated - is expensive, and not sustainable on my own, without your regular support.

I want to avoid having to publish my content behind a paywall and keep research threads, important economic news and calling out businesses trading in…

Ive just made my submission to the Senate hearing on Support for 🇺🇦. Won't you join me? It doesn't take that long.
I might even read some bits out on Mriya Report for you.
aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…

Is China growing tired of Russia’s war in Ukraine?
There are signs that Beijing may be getting cold feet about its deepening entanglement.
aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/…

EU exports of cars and trucks to Turkey are up massively since Russia invaded Ukraine. This is the same kind of reexport of western goods to Russia going on across all of Central Asia & the Caucasus. Main difference is that Turkey is big, so the numbers involved are massive...

This is what happens when you give China too much wiggle room, appeasement will get the same result you did with Putin.