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Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

Amy B. Zegart


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    Russia's Rosatom complicit in war crimes, report alleges, says treatment of power plant staff risks nuclear disaster

    Russia's Rosatom complicit in war crimes, report alleges, says treatment of power plant staff risks nuclear disaster

    Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, is complicit in war crimes including the detention and torture of staff at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), adding to a growing risk of a nuclear disaster, a new report by Truth Hounds …

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    Survival for civilians – The experience of Ukrainians near the front line| Weapons with @StarskyUA

    Survival for civilians – The experience of Ukrainians near the front line| Weapons with @StarskyUA

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    Spies among us? Shaun Walker's new book details Russia’s decades-long international espionage program

    Spies among us? Shaun Walker's new book details Russia’s decades-long international espionage program

    It could be a scene from a thriller — watching the FBI arrest your own parents for being Russian spies. But for Alexander and Timothy Vavilov, who had known their parents all their lives as Donald Heathfield and Tracey Foley, it was reality.

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    Russian drone strike on Kharkiv shopping center injures 4, officials say

    Russian drone strike on Kharkiv shopping center injures 4, officials say

    Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the strike, saying the drone involved was preliminarily identified as a Russian-made "Molniya." He said all four injured people were receiving medical care.

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    Romania eyes joint drone production with Ukraine under EU defense scheme

    Romania eyes joint drone production with Ukraine under EU defense scheme

    Romania is reportedly in talks with Ukraine to jointly produce drones, drawing on Kyiv's "battle-tested" technology, under the EU's SAFE rearmament program.

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    ⚠️ Kenyan citizens are being forced to fight for Russia! A shocking story #shorts

    ⚠️ Kenyan citizens are being forced to fight for Russia! A shocking story #shorts

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    Ukrainian teen’s escape from Russian-occupied territory

    Ukrainian teen’s escape from Russian-occupied territory

    In this exclusive interview, a Ukrainian teenager shares the harsh realities of growing up under Russian occupation.

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    Analysis: Russian disinformation sets the stage for Transnistria provocations ahead of Moldova's elections

    Analysis: Russian disinformation sets the stage for Transnistria provocations ahead of Moldova's elections

    Editor's note: This article was published as part of the Fighting Against Conspiracy and Trolls (FACT) project, an independent, non-partisan hub launched in mid-2025 under the umbrella of the EU Digital Media Observatory (EDMO). Click here to follow …

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    Foreigners forced to fight for Russia: shocking stories from Kenya, India, and Africa

    Foreigners forced to fight for Russia: shocking stories from Kenya, India, and Africa

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    Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace, Zelensky says

    Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace, Zelensky says

    President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces recorded drone incursions over border areas and that preliminary assessments suggest the unmanned aircraft were "conducting reconnaissance on the industrial potential of Ukraine's border areas." …
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    In private UN talks, Zelensky asks Trump for Tomahawk missiles, the Telegraph reports

    In private UN talks, Zelensky asks Trump for Tomahawk missiles, the Telegraph reports

    President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly told U.S. President Donald Trump that the advanced weapons system could help pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into negotiations for a peace deal.

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    State grid boss ousted amid board-government rift

    State grid boss ousted amid board-government rift

    Editor's note: It is a developing story and is being updated.

    The supervisory board of Ukraine’s state-owned energy grid operator Ukrenergo has fired Vitaly Zaichenko, the company's CEO, Inna Sovsun, a member of parliament from the Holos opposition …

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    The fuel crisis in Russia is intensifying: trains are derailing and Ukrainian drones are striking

    The fuel crisis in Russia is intensifying: trains are derailing and Ukrainian drones are striking

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    Russian drone exploded 800 meters from nuclear power plant #shorts

    Russian drone exploded 800 meters from nuclear power plant #shorts

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    Rescue at last moment: Evacuation from Kupiansk district 

    Evacuation from the Kupiansk district

    UKRAINE, KUPIANSK DISTRICT —This story was written at the end of August, when Russia had only been ramping up its offensive on Kupiansk. Now, the situation has worsened. The dangerous area around Kupiansk is expanding, and Russian troops are …

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    Top Kremlin propagandist Tigran Keosayan, husband of RT chief Simonyan, dies at 59

    Top Kremlin propagandist Tigran Keosayan, husband of RT chief Simonyan, dies at 59

    Keosayan had been hospitalized since December after years of heart problems.

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    A series of strikes on Crimea and the Black Sea: the Russian economy is under threat

    A series of strikes on Crimea and the Black Sea: the Russian economy is under threat

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    EU reportedly considers move to bypass Hungary's veto on Russia sanctions

    EU reportedly considers move to bypass Hungary's veto on Russia sanctions

    The commission reportedly proposes shifting from unanimity to a qualified majority when renewing sanctions packages.

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    Ukraine's DeepStrike campaign 'significantly' crippling Russian military logistics as fuel crisis worsens, Syrskyi says

    Ukraine's DeepStrike campaign 'significantly' crippling Russian military logistics as fuel crisis worsens, Syrskyi says

    "The capabilities of the enemy's military-industrial complex have been significantly reduced; we can see this on the battlefield," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

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    'Just shoot them' — Russian commander told troops to open fire on retreating soldiers, intercepted comms suggest

    'Just shoot them' — Russian commander told troops to open fire on retreating soldiers, intercepted comms suggest

    Ukraine's military intelligence said the recording captured a conversation in Donetsk Oblast in which the commander demanded that troops stand their ground at all costs.

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    Russia's railways hit by second blast this month, trains in Pskov Oblast forced to detour

    Russia's railways hit by second blast this month, trains in Pskov Oblast forced to detour

    The blast hit a section of the line between Luga and Pskov, used for both passenger and freight traffic.

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    Third suspicious drone incident this week forces Denmark to close Aalborg airspace

    Third suspicious drone incident this week forces Denmark to close Aalborg airspace

    "We have thoroughly investigated the area, and we have not found anything," North Jutland Police Chief Christian Tilsted said.

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    'Next time, we may not be so lucky' — IAEA reports drone explosion near South Ukraine nuclear plant

    'Next time, we may not be so lucky' — IAEA reports drone explosion near South Ukraine nuclear plant

    According to the IAEA team stationed at the facility, 22 drones were observed in the area between late Sept. 24 and the early hours of Sept. 25.

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    MANIPULATION: Poles mostly blame Ukraine for the attack of Russian UAVs on Poland

    Verification within Meta’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program

    Information is being spread online claiming that Poles mostly blame Ukraine for the drones entering their territory on the night of 10 September 2025. This claim is supported by the …

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    General Staff: Russia has lost 1,106,430 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

    General Staff: Russia has lost 1,106,430 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

    The number includes 940 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

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