Russian President Vladimir Putin did not congratulate Volodymyr Zelenskiy on his presidential election victory. It does not mean the Kremlin refused to support him though.
While democracy is often under attack today through its own means and gaps, a new problem has emerged on how to protect freedom of speech. On April 12, Internews Ukraine and UkraineWorld held a special discussion at the 12th Kyiv Security Forum (an annual event by Open Ukraine Foundation).
Ukraine is still on the frontline of Russian strategies to “weaponise” information and use information as a tool in its a confrontation with the world’s democracies. UkraineWorld analysed this in its publications Words and Wars, Taming the Hydra, as well as in other publications contained in the InfoWars section.
On March 31, Ukrainians go to the polls to elect their sixth president. An openly pro-Russian candidate is unlikely to win. However, Moscow is watching closely and cares about the outcome.
On 12 February 2019, Ukraine’s Ministry of Information Policy (MIP) presented a 384-page-long study titled “White Paper of Special Information Operations Against Ukraine.” UkraineWorld has put together key takeaways from the study.
UkraineWorld prepared its bi-weekly information warfare digest aimed at tracking Russian efforts to influence Ukrainian information area ahead of and during presidential and parliamentary elections.
Data Journalism Agency TEXTY took all reliable polls and plotted aggregated voter’s intentions on an interactive chart. The values are the percentage of voters who are going to vote.
UkraineWorld prepared its bi-weekly information warfare digest aimed at tracking Russian efforts to influence Ukrainian information area ahead of and during presidential and parliamentary elections.
Bots have become a major component of information warfare in social networks. UkraineWorld explains how to recognise bots and stay aware of disinformation campaigns.