Interview

Keir Giles is a British writer, an expert on the Russian military and Russian disinformation. In his last book: Who Will Defend Europe? An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent, Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe.

Yevgeniy Golovchenko, an expert on Russian political communication, talked to EUvsDisinfo about his research, Russian cartoons and how the Rybar channel’s 'Odnazhdy' series are to target new audiences and used in the war against Ukraine

Nino Dolidze is a civil activist and Executive Director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), a key election watchdog in Georgia. She talked to EUvsDisinfo about the ramifications of the ‘foreign agents’ law for civil society and the increasing challenge of disinformation and information manipulation targeting Georgia.

Expert Alicia Wanless explains the terms "information environment" and "information ecology" and how these concepts can inform a whole of society approach to strategically foster democracy.

Svitlana Zalizetska, a Ukrainian journalist from Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, has been writing about life in her city under Russian occupation for over two years. We talked to Svitlana about her work during the occupation, the terror that the Russian occupiers spread, and the challenges that journalists in the occupied territories currently face.

In this candid discussion, Marystella A. Simiyu addresses disinformation and information manipulation in Africa advocating for rights-based responses.

With both Yandex and Google aiding [the Kremlin] in pursuing its hostile information policy, the majority of Russians see the world very different from what it is in reality.

Vyacheslav Abramov, founder and director of the independent media outlet Vlast.kz, talks to EUvsDisinfo about pro-Kremlin disinformation in Kazakhstan.

AI ethicist Dr. Benjamin Lange talks to EUvsDisinfo about disinformation-related threats that AI poses, but also possible solutions it offers in mitigating those risks.