For more than 20 years, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with 30 member states, has been working to build a partnership with Russia, developing dialogue, and practical cooperation in areas of common interest. Practical cooperation has been suspended since 2014, in response to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, Ukraine, [ … ]
Russia has shown itself to be an aggressive cyber actor, launching cyberattacks against democratic states, such as the United States, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. On January 14, 2022, Ukraine accused Russian “cyber troops” of being behind the massive cyberattack against several of its government agencies, Voice of America reported. [ … ]
As Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Cubans on the island condemned the Havana dictatorship’s support for Vladimir Putin. While democratic countries decried the brutal aggression of the Russian forces against the Ukrainians, Miguel Díaz-Canel has sided with the attacks, as have the Nicolás Maduro and the Daniel Ortega-Rosario [ … ]
“In the world of disinformation there are efforts to propagate and spread stories that are not of Colombian origin, and this is especially true in the context of the elections that are coming up, and our desire is to have a free and fair election, a Colombian election for Colombians,” [ … ]
Russia and the Venezuelan regime have pledged to bolster ties only days after Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov threatened to send troops to the South American country amid growing U.S.-Russia tensions over Ukraine. In a phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro discussed key issues of [ … ]
In 2018, former U.S. Deputy Assistant of Defense for the Western Hemisphere Frank Mora said that Russia would try to intervene in the Colombian elections. Mora, whom President Joe Biden nominated as U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States in July 2021, added that the Russians would likely be [ … ]
In Colombia’s Arauca department, on the border with Venezuela, not only are armed groups waging a merciless battle under the protection of the Nicolás Maduro regime, but on the Venezuelan side, Russian service members are spying on Colombia, says Border Wars, a new investigative video series of the national security [ … ]
Russia, China, and other external actors have been actively spreading disinformation in Latin America through official government communications, state-sponsored media, as well as willing proliferators of false narratives (via social media and other means) to influence the populations and shape the way people think. Among the chief concerns is the [ … ]
Why would the Russian Federation send soldiers in disguise to lead protests in another country? Or order its troops to attack partners of Russia? Russia has long conducted such “false flag” operations to portray itself or its partners as victims, evade responsibility, sow confusion and create a pretext for war. [ … ]
For years, Russian state-funded and state-directed media outlets have promoted false and provocative stories about Ukraine. They do this to influence opinion. They portray Ukraine’s government as an instigator of violence, even against its own civilians. In April 2021, one Russian media outlet reported that a young boy was killed [ … ]
Russia has deployed “a group of operatives” into Ukraine to foment a pretext for another invasion of that country, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a news conference on January 14, 2022. Kirby hastened to say that the U.S. government still believes there is room to solve the [ … ]
While Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to take an aggressive posture against Ukraine, the United States and its allies are calling for a peaceful resolution of the conflict. “President Biden has made absolutely clear to President Putin: When it comes to questions of European security, there is going to be [ … ]
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