Disinformation Political extremes embrace in Kazakhstan A media industry conference in Central Asia gives a platform to Steve Bannon and George Galloway. They use it to find common ground dispatch Matthew Janney
Disinformation From Donbas to Paris – meet the militants who now want to overthrow the French government A group of French citizens who fought with Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists are trying to make the Yellow Vest movement a new recruiting ground for disruption feature Margot Haddad
Disinformation How a Little-Known Pro-Kremlin Analyst Became a Philippine Expert Overnight Rappler.com Investigation Has Helped Dismantle a Moscow Disinformation Network in Philippines feature Rappler .com and Coda Story
Disinformation Russia, the new power in Central Africa With military aid and even funds for beauty contests, Moscow is on a charm offensive to make the troubled Central African Republic part of a new axis of influence feature Patricia Huon and Simon Ostrovsky
Disinformation How Kremlin democracy gets foreign approval Among Russia’s growing band of loyal “election observers” is a German politician convicted of voter fraud and a Belgian who used to like Hitler but now prefers Stalin feature Ian Bateson
Disinformation Russian troll or clumsy publicity hound? A Russian media executive says he’s come to Washington to test the limits of American freedom dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Disinformation Meet the pro-Putin YouTube diva ‘bigger’ than Rihanna A Russian-born New Zealander has become one of the Kremlin’s most prolific keyboard warriors feature Agata Popeda
Disinformation Anti-Fake news center doesn’t Czech The Czech government is on the defensive over its efforts to combat Russian disinformation before this weekend’s elections feature Michael Colborne
Disinformation Russia’s new ‘useful diots’? There are echoes of Soviet times in the way Russia has been courting far-right activists in the West. A new book looks at how and why it does it review Bradley Jardine
Disinformation The monumental obsession of Bulgaria’s Russophiles Could a campaign to protect Soviet-era statues become a future Kremlin Trojan horse in Bulgaria? dispatch Michael Colborne
Disinformation Made in Bulgaria: pro-Russian propaganda Bulgarian fake-news agents often promote Moscow’s line not for Russia’s sake, but for their own political interests dispatch Michael Colborne
Disinformation Searching for Putin’s Swedish friends Dissatisfied with the mainstream media, Sweden’s old left and alt-right find common ground on Russia dispatch Dominic Hinde
Disinformation Mission implausible: the honorary consul of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Ukraine’s Russian-backed separatists cannot have diplomatic ties with the Czech Republic — but they won’t let that get in the way of ‘representation’ dispatch Amy Mackinnon
Disinformation Where Putin wants you to pray in Paris The Kremlin has a plan to win back French hearts, minds and souls: ‘St Vladimir’s’ on the Seine feature Adam Plowright