TacticalMediaRoom/Signal

Notes from the TacticalMediaRoom Signal group.

• Internet Governance and Infrastructure > Topics related to internet governance and infrastructure, including the friction between free internet and European sanction laws, the closure of ENOG (Eurasian Network Operators' Group), and the future of the internet as discussed by Vint Cerf. It also covers network resilience amid conflict, with specific examples such as the telecommunications blackout in Gaza and network data on power outages in Ukraine.

• Journalism and Media > The role of journalism and media in the ongoing war, the importance of secure communication tools, the role of hacktivists, and the impact of server-side blocking and embargo sanctions on internet splintering. It also discusses the goal of an open internet as discussed by RIPE NCC and the impact of the war on internet access in Ukraine and Russia.

• Publications, Essays, Presentations & Reports > Publications, essays, presentations, and reports related to the ongoing war. It includes discussions on the historical context of the Russian attack on the Kyiv TV tower, the impact of the war on internet infrastructure and resilience, and the use of sanctions against the internet.

• Disinformation > Disinformation in the ongoing war, the impact of propaganda on public opinion, the role of social media platforms in spreading disinformation, and the impact of misinformation on the perception of the war.

• Ukraine > War on Ukraine, including the resilience of the internet in Ukraine, the role of the IT Army of Ukraine in the war, and the impact of the war on the Ukrainian IP registration.

• Russia > The impact of the war on Russia, including the vulnerability of Russia's main internet provider, Akado Telecom, the role of Russian propaganda in the war, and the impact of the war on the Russian internet landscape.

• Gaza > The impact of the war on Gaza, including reports on the telecommunications blackout in Gaza and the impact of the war on human rights in Gaza.

• Protests > The role of protests in the ongoing war and the impact of the war on the right to protest.

• Events > Various events related to the ongoing wars, including the impact of the war on internet security, the role of cryptography in the war, and the impact of the war on network resilience.

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Internet Governance and infrastructure

• https://www.groene.nl/artikel/altijd-apolitiek-opereren Hoe het vrije internet schuurt met Europese sanctiewetgeving
• Internet Society Netherlands op LinkedIn: Our open letter to election program committees is online: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7123449064695738368/
• https://www.politico.eu/article/telecom-cable-sweden-estonia-damage-nato/ vulnerability of communications lines to the Moscow regime's open embrace of terrorism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJU-KYMREbQ
• ENOG (Eurasian Network Operators' Group) was established in June 2011 as a means to bring RIPE and the RIPE NCC closer to the local communities in Eurasia and to support Internet development in the region. "Sunsetting ENOG" story: shot: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/sunsetting-enog

chaser: https://www.parisbeacon.com/ripe-ncc-shuts-down-exchange-platform-with-russia/ original: https://www.enog.org discussion: https://enog-apps-2.ripe.net/hyperkitty/list/discuss@enog.org/thread/XGEYIYQWC6MRZ2VXEERH3QLDFU7XFCSD/

• ISOC NL we are looking for new board members https://isoc.nl/gezocht-isoc-nl-bestuursleden-f-m-x/
• Digital commons are a pillar of European digital sovereignty. We have teamed up with a number of organizations working on building Digital Commons and published an op-ed encouraging French and European policy makers to put Digital Commons at the center of the EU’s digital strategy. https://openfuture.eu/blog/digital-commons-are-a-pillar-of-european-digital-sovereignty/
• Vint Cerf Talks The Future Of The Internet - BBC Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AmxZ3V26s -
• Interesting read: 13 propositions, and the #12 is about sanctions on the Internet: https://blog.apnic.net/2022/07/19/13-propositions-on-an-internet-for-a-burning-world-12-13/

Network Resilience Amid Conflict

• Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/communications-blackout-gaza-strip/
• 15 nov. 2022: Network data show that most regions of #Ukraine have been impacted by a nation-scale power outage amid intense Russian missile bombardment targeting critical infrastructure; 85 missile strikes confirmed today per President Zelensky 📰 Report: https://t.co/S0qJQ7CbNv” https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1592549576531234816?s=46&t=PAh-XRummXUmRlxZQsdIBQ
• https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/Europe/Documents/Interim%20assessment%20on%20damages%20to%20telecommunication%20infrastructure%20and%20resilience%20of%20the%20ICT%20ecosystem%20in%20Ukraine%20-2022-12-22_FINAL.pdf
• Forensic Architecture, about the historical context of the Russian attack on the Kyiv TV tower: https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/russian-strike-on-kyiv-tv-tower/
• Level Up (https://level-up.cc/) is a community-owned platform designed to gather resources for the global digital safety training community.
• "Internet splintering due to server-side blocking and embargo sanction" https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1533754156196016128?s=20&t=LoMpjsB25BPCexRpWh2NHA
• This was the session at RightsCon: https://rightscon.summit.tc/t/2022/events/internet-splintering-due-to-server-side-blocking-and-embargo-sanction-nv8ZxD4hyXemicsbVgyfhq
• An Open Internet Remains the Goal - New from RIPE NCC:https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/an-open-internet-remains-the-goal/
• RPKI Training for Ukrainian Network Operators -> The RIPE NCC held online BGP Security training for Ukrainian telecom operators on 6 April: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alex-semenyaka/rpki-training-for-ukrainian-network-operators/
• What could be done, if there is political will, regarding the "technical sanctions" & blocking of the aggressive regimes/countries/networks:https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/pdf/draft-giuliano-blocking-considerations-00
• Report shared OONI data analysis on recent blocks that have emerged in Russia(and in the EU) amid the war in Ukraine. https://ooni.org/post/2022-russia-blocks-amid-ru-ua-conflict/
• Article > why the RIPE NCC remains fully compliant with the latest sanctions https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/eu-sanctions-and-our-russian-membership/ -
• Data analysis & visualization relating to censorship. OONI discussion channel: https://join.slack.com/t/openobservatory/shared_invite/zt-16ndyhjcw-xC~h_CNBKBm0IFZI3zhwNQ
• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/internet-perspectives-ukraine-and-russia
• A More Robust Approach to Sanctions: https://labs.ripe.net/author/chrisb/a-more-robust-approach-to-sanctions/
• Recent events in Ukraine have spotlighted some fundamental questions about Internet governance and the use of state-imposed sanctions. This post frames the discussion in reference to one of the Internet's most enduring maxims.RIPE NCC "position" : https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/the-ripe-ncc-and-ukraine-russia/
• To sanction or not to sanction the Internet access: A SancNet debate https://www.giga-net.org/to-sanction-or-not-to-sanction-the-internet-access-a-sancnet-debate/
• History of using sanctions against internet in Serbia (& history of war in ex-yugoslavia ) https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom#History
• https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/hydra-market-543-bitcoin-seized-as-world-s-biggest-darknet-platform-shut-down
• https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-data-center-in-finland-loses-power-runs-on-diesel-due-to-war-sanctions/
• https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/spring-and-summer-events-season-2022/ Spring and Summer Events Season 2022 Ripe

Internet Security

• Cryptography has failed to address the needs of the disenfranchised.But we can fix that! https://uwaterloo.ca/cybersecurity-privacy-institute/cpi-talk-crypto-people
• Secure communication tools, for non-techies https://labs.ripe.net/author/waehlisch/secure-personal-communication-in-the-event-of-crisis/ https://labs.ripe.net
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/03/telegram-harm-reduction-users-russia-and-ukraine
• https://cip.gov.ua/en/news/viktor-zhora-potencial-rosiiskikh-khakeriv-imovirno-pereocinenii
• https://www.ft.com/content/1fb2f592-4806-42fd-a6d5-735578651471
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/28/huge-cyberattack-on-ukrtelecom-biggest-since-russian-invasion-crashes-ukraine-telecom/?sh=43c99b0d7dc2
• Anonymous hacktivists warned that the next #OpRussia target will be corporations that refuse to pull their business from Russia as one group of hackers decided to try to use their data haul from a Russian company to financially help the people of Ukraine.
• https://www.hstoday.us/featured/anonymous-hackers-fire-warning-shot-at-companies-refusing-to-pull-out-of-russia/

Network / Internet in Ukraine

• Ukraine faces second day of huge phone and internet outage after suspected Russian cyberattack Ukrainian authorities accused Russia's military intelligence unit of being responsible.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ukraine-kyivstar-outage-down-russia-cyberattack-internet-phone-rcna129582

• https://mastodon.social/@runasand/110251282506443154 “I’ll give journalists in Ukraine pro-bono cybersecurity guidance, inc. security keys for enhanced two-factor auth for email and social media. If you know folks at Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post or elsewhere who would benefit from this, please put us in touch: runa at granitt dot io.”
• Cyber security and resilience: Lessons from Ukraine https://cyber.harvard.edu/events/cyber-security-and-resilience-lessons-ukraine
• article about measuring Internet resilience in Ukraine https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/the-resilience-of-the-internet-in-ukraine-one-year-on/
• Telecom operators in new territories will issue users' IP addresses in Russian - newspaper - https://fomag.ru/news-streem/operatory-svyazi-v-novykh-territoriyakh-oformyat-ip-adresa-polzovateley-na-rossiyskie-gazeta/
• https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/One-year-of-war-in-Ukraine-Operators-rebuild-networks-in-the-back-of-the-army-7529709.html
• https://css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/Cyber-Reports-2022-06-IT-Army-of-Ukraine.pdf The IT Army of Ukraine Structure, Tasking, and Ecosystem Stefan Soesanto
• The Russification of Ukrainian IP Registration -In this article, Doug Madory uncovers the little-known “Russification” of Ukrainian IP addresses — a phenomenon that complicates the task of internet measurement and impacts Ukrainians connecting to the internet using IP addresses suddenly considered Russian.

www.kentik.com & https://www.kentik.com/blog/the-russification-of-ukrainian-ip-registration/

• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/internet-infrastructure-predictions-for-2023-ukraine-internet-to-prevail-central-asia-to-increase-internet-resiliance-in-response-to-war
• Keep Ukraine connect task force https://keepukraineconnected.org | https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/keep-ukraine-connected/ > story (podcast & article) about the project that was presented at non-public TMR meetup:
• Petition organized by Promote Ukraine and EUMANS: https://eukrainenow.eu <https://eukrainenow.eu>
• Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online We are saving digitised collections from Ukrainian museums, libraries and archives.https://www.sucho.org/
• The international surge to help keep Ukraine's frontlines connected https://www.cyberscoop.com/ukraine-internet-starlink-security/
• https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/29xf7phjbzu764hrrx8g0/kyivstar-works-to-re-connect-ukrainian-cities
• In the rubble of bombarded Ukrainian cities, technicians are risking their lives to keep the country online.https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/03/22/while-russians-bombs-fall-around-them-ukraines-engineers-battle-to-keep-the-internet-running/?sh=4a20aad35a4c
• Resiliency of the Internet in Ukraine Emile Aben, RIPE NCC https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/
• Dattalion – Ukraine's Data Battalion. Today at 14:30 (EEST), me and my colleagues are going to hold the first media briefing of Dattalion at Ukraine Media Center. The link to the event is available here https://youtu.be/d6HHk7u98Bc
• https://twitter.com/mykolska/status/1531188142958592000

Russia's Internet Landscape

• https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/02/15/rusland-internet-ip-adres-amsterdam/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/02/15/rusland-internet-ip-adres-amsterdam/
• https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/russia-fsb-akado-internet-down-ukraine-it-army/ Moscow’s main internet provider, Akado Telecom, has been reported down for a third time since December, allegedly knocking out wifi access for several of Moscow's government agencies,
• https://www.spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media The European Internet Blockade of Russian Propagandist Media
• https://t.me/rerussia_eng An expert and discussion platform aiming to address key issues of Russian politics, economy and society. It produces a constantly updated review of current expertise, new data and global discussion on the state of Russia, and publishes its own research
• MEMO TO META, TWITTER, & GOOGLE: Suspending Russian Government & Affiliated Accounts https://medium.com/@taskforce_51147/141fd0aa0fac
• Argumentenkaart over Europese Internetblokkade van Russia Today https://ecp.nl/argumentenkaart-over-europese-internetblokkade-van-russia-today-en-sputnik/ in english: https://ecp.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AK-Internetblokkade-Rusland-EN.pdf
• https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/can-russia-really-disconnect-from-the-rest-of-the-digital-world
• Russia Is Building Its Own Intependent Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk329evDDqo | https://labs.ripe.net/author/alexander-isavnin/the-russian-sovereign-internet-and-number-resources/
• Before a possible internet wall between Russia and the rest of the world is erected, it seems to me a priority to actively invest energy in join, receiving (internet) addresses, proxies, VPNs, satellite options, short golf etc.However, it is necessary that that information is quickly decentralized, through various media.
• https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/can-russia-really-disconnect-from-the-rest-of-the-digital-world
• The open internet in Russia must be protected. Here’s why https://webfoundation.org/2022/03/the-open-internet-in-russia-must-be-protected-heres-why/
• Russian internet resources and background https://labs.ripe.net/author/alexander-isavnin/the-russian-sovereign-internet-and-number-resources/
• How Is Russia Connected To The Wider Internet? https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/how-is-russia-connected-to-the-wider-internet/
• Meduza is a Russian platform https://save.meduza.io/eu
• AmneziaVPN is the only service that has supported this petition. One free service for all Russians, accessible through a telegram bot - because all foreign vpn services are blocked or impossible to pay for from Russia. It as one small win for free internet access without https://www.change.org/p/we-call-on-vpn-companies-to-provide-russian-users-with-free-access-to-their-services
• https://tracking.exposed/pdf/tiktok-russia-15march2022.pdf
• U.S. Treasury moves to keep Russians connected despite sanctions https://www.accessnow.org/u-s-treasury-russia-sanctions-internet/
• On March 7, TikTok made all the content posted by non-Russian channels unavailable to Russian users. This unannounced restriction removes an estimated 95% of the content previously available to Russian TikTok users. Content restriction is happening at the application layer rather than the transport layer,which requires the direct involvement of TikTok. It is the first time a global social media platform has restricted access to content at this scale. A network of coordinated accounts is using a loophole to post new content promoting Russian pro-war propaganda in Russia, despite the current ban on new content uploads.
• https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/yandex-data-center-in-finland-loses-power-runs-on-diesel-due-to-war-sanctions/

Desinformation

• https://www.digsum.org/digsum-feed/postdoc-position-to-study-digital-disinformation Postdoc position to study digital disinformation — DIGSUM
• Application of the Risk Management Framework to Russian Disinformation Campaigns: During the first year of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, social media companies enabled the Kremlin to run a large-scale disinformation campaign targeting the European Union and its allies, reaching an aggregate audience of at least 165 million and generating at least 16 billion views. Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.

https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c1d645d0-42f5-11ee-a8b8-01aa75ed71a1/language-de

• https://www.bbc.com/russian/articles/crgpk10mknvo Russian langyafe BBC investigation about fakes on war in the Middle East. Very interesting, for those doing social media influencing research
• https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/c1d645d0-42f5-11ee-a8b8-01aa75ed71a1/language-de Application of the Risk Management Framework to Russian Disinformation Campaigns: During the first year of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine, social media companies enabled the Kremlin to run a large-scale disinformation campaign targeting the European Union and its allies, reaching an aggregate audience of at least 165 million and generating at least 16 billion views. Preliminary analysis suggests that the reach and influence of Kremlin-backed accounts has grown further in the first half of 2023, driven in particular by the dismantling of Twitter’s safety standards.
• https://www.sidnfonds.nl/nieuws/nieuwe-desinformatie-projecten
• https://edmo.eu/2022/06/29/10-recommendations-by-the-taskforce-on-disinformation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/ https://edmo.eu/2022/06/29/10-recommendations-by-the-taskforce-on-disinformation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
• https://www.conspiratorialmemory.com/events/conspiratorial-memory-workshop - conspiratorial memory group (a research group on east European conspiracy theory based at Uva, ASCA)
• https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-2-ukrainian-video-art-times-war Tactical Media Meetup #2: Ukrainian video art in times of war
• https://waag.org/en/article/tactical-media-room-no-single-solution-fake-news Tactical Media Room: No single solution to fake news
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/10/china-pro-russia-propaganda-exposed-by-online-activists-ukraine China’s pro-Russia propaganda exposed by online activists Mistranslations falsely blame Ukrainians for atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces against civilians
• https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/03/reflexions-on-navigating-disinformation/ Institute of Network Cultures | Reflexions on Navigating (Dis)information
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk ‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK
• https://www.vision4ai.eu/ai-mitigating-bias-disinformation/ AI: Mitigating Bias & Disinformation | Vision4AI
• Tactical Media Meetup #1: How to navigate the (dis)information landscape - Tactical Media Room focusses on ways to support tactical media and independent journalists, newsrooms and civic initiatives from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-1-how-navigate-disinformation-landscape
• 10 Recommendations by the Taskforce on Disinformation and the War in Ukraine. This short report lists 10 recommendations for policy makers, technology companies, as well as newsrooms and civil society, based on observations, research activities and discussions over the past three months https://edmo.eu/2022/06/29/10-recommendations-by-the-taskforce-on-disinformation-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
• the final map published by the 'argument factory' on pro and con of RT/Sputnik blocking in the Netherlands was now also published in English. Argumentenkaart over Europese Internetblokkade van Russia Today en Sputnik - ECP | Platform voor de InformatieSamenleving AMS-IX en ECP publiceren op 1 juni 2022 een argumentenkaart over de Europese internetblokkade van Russia today en Sputnik News.
• https://ecp.nl/argumentenkaart-over-europese-internetblokkade-van-russia-today-en-sputnik/
• https://ecp.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AK-Internetblokkade-Rusland-EN.pdf
• https://mailchi.mp/disinfo.eu/445467332-15481204?e=25be8ebb67 disinfo.eu
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/inside-putins-propaganda-machine
• Tactical media room public event - publication https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/03/reflexions-on-navigating-disinformation/
• Funding for projects dealing with disinformation deadline 25. April (info in Duthc)https://www.sidnfonds.nl/grip-op-desinformatie-2
• Findings from the warfakes Telegram data sprint research published on INC https://networkcultures.org/?p=14671&preview=1&_ppp=d58a9e9474
• Datasprint https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QmKlgTS-9ZQqIpXieU1OVduIXMinpQaKTn243XYE_iU/edit# Here is the info on the datasprint.

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• The scam crypto from Florida and Belarus - Organic Fresh Coin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIbjD0bWfHs

Information wars

Media Manipulation

• Wagner-baas: Russen proberen verkiezingen VS met ‘chirurgische precisie’ te beïnvloeden

Na jaren ontkennen heeft Jevgeni Prigozjin, de baas van het Russische huurlingenleger Wagner, toegegeven dat hij heeft geprobeerd de Amerikaanse ve...https://www.volkskrant.nl/a-b6d55dc5

• An analysis of Dutch pro-Russia tweets — EOOH.eu https://eooh.eu/articles/analysis-of-dutch-pro-russia-tweets
• TMRers we are trying to collect a list of TikTok accounts and hashtags that do the war, in case anyone has any tips. So far we haven't got too far 🤨 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g8gYKZxK8A9migkweIiktz24sNLvnS0aMEPRLBdkpE/edit#gid=q.
• Yesterday in Belarus they closed a store that sold only books in Belarusian, as they were extremist books. And banned sale of 1984 book.
• “…. The impact of propaganda is not easily reversible, and sometimes, it is not reversible at all. You may not realize it, of course, but this is, too, how propaganda works. When propaganda engages your unconscious, you may need years to decipher why this particular idea resonated so well with you. “ … similar to trauma , gaslighting, C-PTSD :(

Mensen van free russia gaan aan de demo meedoen hoor ik net An analysis of Dutch pro-Russia tweets — EOOH.eu https://eooh.eu/articles/analysis-of-dutch-pro-russia-tweets

• Russian intelligence to enhance information campaign in the Netherlands - Robert Lansing Institute. Russia keeps on carrying out information campaigns and psyops in the Netherlands to enhance impact on country’s political system. lansinginstitute.org https://lansinginstitute.org/2022/07/09/russian-intelligence-to-enhance-information-campaign-in-the-netherlands
• ‘Troll factory’ spreading Russian pro-war lies online, says UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
• Russia targeting BRICS, Africa, Asia. Not the West really at all. https://twitter.com/carljackmiller/status/1504896238826700800?s=21
• China’s pro-Russia propaganda exposed by online activists.Mistranslations falsely blame Ukrainians for atrocities perpetrated by Russian forces against civilians
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/10/china-pro-russia-propaganda-exposed-by-online-activists-ukraine?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"Blood on your hands" and other surprising anti-#Kremlin messages released by #Russian media outlets on #VictoryDay https://twitter.com/jamnewscaucasus/status/1523927947366875138?s=21&t=M0kSQR2uSsVAhohbYAI8IQ

Propaganda

Ukraine

The propaganda war for Ukraine | DW Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ifShcUcfbU

Russia Propaganda

• https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/what-should-russia-do-with-ukraine-translation-of-a-propaganda-article-by-a-russian-journalist-a3e92e3cb64 - What should Russia do with Ukraine? [Translation of a propaganda article by a Russian journalist]
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/inside-putins-propaganda-machine

RT and Sputnik

• B: we launched a complaint, https://www.bit.nl/FOIC-goes-to-court
  

SK: Blocking RT and Sputnik is not limiting access to information, as these are not independent media but weapons created and lavishly funded by the aggressor. It is blocking agressor state’s weapon on EU territory.
SK:I agree that the post-postmodernist reality has put us in front of a new challenge: while we used to have too little freedom of speech/ access to information and fought to gain more, we have now landed in a situation where we have access to so much information, growing exponentially, that we no longer have the mental capacity or time or resources to discern purposefully false and weaponized statements from true records. What we mostly need is media literacy (stop limiting children’s screen time, let them build up resilience, talk about disinformation) and accessible tools to debunk false information/ disinformation. It’s a huge and difficult dilemma, probably one of the worst of our time, alongside climate change. What I argue about is that now, with the war going on and hundreds of independent Russian journalists having a hard time getting the ends meet and desperately in need of our support, I find it strange that NGOs spend money and human resource on what is essentially helping the aggressor. I know this was not their goal, but this is unfortunately a perfect example of what Lenin called “useful idiots” (people in the West who assisted the bolsheviks without realizing it).

Ukraine

General

• https://theukrainians.org/this-is-not-a-crime-novel/
• ‘Art helps us imagine a future we wish to remember’: the photographer finding art in a war zoneSix months after the war broke out in Ukraine, Daoud Sarhandi-Williams headed to Kyiv to photograph the city’s street art – and discovered images that capture the hopes and fears of a city https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/12/daoud-sarhandi-williams-ukraine-at-war-street-art-interview https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Ukraine-at-War/Daoud-Sarhandi-Williams/9781623717261
• https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ukraine-runs-war-startup Mykhailo Fedorov Is Running Ukraine’s War Against Russia Like a Startup
• Reckoning with Eastern Europe’s Colonial Trauma by Vasyl Cherepanyn, Project Syndicate, 2 May 2023 - https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/europe-must-recognize-colonialist-legacy-in-ukraine-by-vasyl-cherepanyn-2023-05
• Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, the thriving electronic scene changed forever. Overnight, producers, DJs, club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHLE6LWBR_s
• 'All the cultural life we had has been destroyed' - Zoë Dankert in conversation with Vasyl Cherepanyn in METROPOLIS M # 6-2022, artwork by Davyd Chychkan -https://www.metropolism.com/en/features/48460_all_the_cultural_life_we_had_has_been_destroyed_in_conversation_with_vasyl_cherepanyn
• animated short based on an interview with a Ukrainian child is finally out after many months of work. https://youtu.be/eU9OEqv09_U
• https://sfba.social/@morgandawn/109907144879262182 How a San Jose professor is using technology to save precious books in her #Ukrainian hometown
• https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/ukraine-war-how-has-the-internet-changed-in-ukraine-12-months-on
• https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-unique-book-of-ukrainian-street-art
• https://jacobin.com/2022/07/ukraine-russia-war-putin-socialism-resistance I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion.
• "Dedicated to Ukrainians" https://youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU
• Ukraine video dispatch:freedomnews.org.uk
• https://freedomnews.org.uk/2022/06/01/ukraine-video-dispatch-the-recovery-in-kharkiv/?fbclid=IwAR3KPeJ-XNL0lhK78qxXyNN6sNVeTiOkJjuHcjs5J9EG9mR6fm-25NsBOeU
• " Dedicated to Ukrainians" https://youtu.be/ui8kUKuLBaU
• Dispatches from the Place of Imminence https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/31/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-part-10/
• Story from Ukrainian ccTLD registry .ua during war : https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/753
• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/05/telegram-app-ukraine-rides-high-thirst-trustworthy-news?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/23/the-artists-of-ukraine-find-their-voice-in-a-cry-of-resistance
• https://pen.org.ua/en/hartiya The PEN Charter ~ PEN Ukraine PEN affirms that: Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people in spite of political or international upheavals. In all circumstances, and particularly in time of war, works

Fundraising and support

• https://dzygaspaw.com/starlink-expertise We specialize in supplying high-tech equipment for the Ukrainian military in the ongoing war against Russia.
• Freefilmers Mariupol https://help-freefilmers.network/ > Freefilmers is a collective of filmmakers and artists, originally from Mariupol, Ukraine. Currently the most important sequence on our timeline is not about movies, but about building a network of solidarity and support for Ukrainians who are suffering from and fighting against Russian imperialist aggression.
• https://www.instagram.com/mirrorsoupkitchen/ Mirror Soup Kitchen XL - Vrijheidsmaaltijdsoep https://instagram.com/kukhnia.lviv
• Stand With Ukraine: A Makeshift Reading List is a compilation of what we believe are relevant articles and interviews that give historic context on the invasion of Ukraine and how we at BAK—and a broader international left opposing this and all wars—can express solidarity and exert political pressure https://www.bakonline.org/prospections/stand-with-ukraine-makeshift-reading-list/
• Watch out for Ukraine donation scammers in Twitter replies https://blog.malwarebytes.com/social-engineering/2022/04/watch-out-for-ukraine-donation-scammers-in-twitter-replies/

Collections for Ukraine

• https://www.saintjavelin.com/products/crimea-ukraine-beach-bag
• Interactive map of people in need: refugees, mostly asking for bikes, glasses!, clothes, appliances... https://frnl-refugee-map.herokuapp.com/
• https://bekind.ua/en/foundation?id=5fdc72d5449781000870cb32 this is a charity that is currently collecting for warming mattresses for babies. Almost half of the children in Ukraine are born premature these days, and they often spend most of their time in shelters in low temperatures. The charity still needs 2500 euros to do a bulk purchase. If you can, please help them to raise the rest of the sum. You can read more on the link"
• Dear all, free russia is cooperating worth Zeilen van Vrijheid to raise funds for energy support for Ukraine. Our goal is 20K for generators. Your help is much appreciated! https://bunq.me/energyToUkraine

Inzamelplekken Oekraïne / collection points for Ukraine

Vind een inzamelpunt bij u in de buurt en doneer spullen aan Oekraïners in nood. / Find a collection point near you and donate items to Ukrainians in need.

• https://www.inzamelplekkenoekraine.nl/
• https://verblijfblog.nl/tijdelijke-bescherming-van-oekrainers-in-nederland/
• Open Society Launches Fund for a Free and Democratic Ukraine https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/open-society-launches-fund-for-a-free-and-democratic-ukraine
• Initiative supporting Ukrainian companies https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/community/cloud4ukraine/
• https://neweurope.university/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/UNE-Emergency-Contacts-and-Funding_17-March-2022.pdf
• https://twitter.com/freepressunltd/status/1503734397081735173
• https://twitter.com/CFWIJ/status/1503809300589953026
• https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-ukraines-media-going
• https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/01/thousands-donate-to-campaign-to-save-ukrainian-media?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
• petition https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rlmF3ug8chNX2cemMj-RmRoZ1b71GbuPvax8Vai45rQ/edit?usp=sharing*
• https://www.nobelprizeforukraine.org/

Russia

"It is not just that the war was a bad idea, and should be stopped. A bully pulls strings, gets breathing space, rearms, and comes back stronger. Hell, even the office bully knows the rules here. How to influence public opinion that bullying must not be tolerated, and that what is different from you doesn't deserve to be wiped out?

However, it's a hard, and long road to remove centuries-long mentality of racism, genocide, sexism that Russians were raised with. This is a project for generations ahead, continuing after us. But we must make a start."

General

• Wikimedia Russia has been dissolved. The general assembly of Wikimedia RU decided to disband after it was made clear to the president of Wikimedia RU, who used to work as an assistant professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, that he was to be classified as a "foreign agent" and had to resign from his post at the university.Closing Wikimedia RU was done to protect the (now former) members of the non-profit organization that supports Russian Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8&oldid=134968726#%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A3_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F

• An amazing data story based on the analysis of hundreds of thousands texts by RIA - leading Russian pro-Kremlin news agency - conducted by Novaya Gazeta Europe, Dekoder and Süddeutsche Zeitung. https://specials.dekoder.org/ru/propaganda/v-seti-propagandy
• While European sanctions and distrust look like this situation and limiting common people in bringing their things while traveling in EU, Russian authorities have been able to produce twice as much ammunition as US an EU in the past year - because Western companies keep doing business with Russian regime.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/russia-sanctions-missile-production.html

• Korte Mars richting Moskou – en terug https://peterstormt.nl/2023/06/27/korte-mars-richting-moskou-en-terug/
• Former U.S. Official Shares Details of Secret ‘Track 1.5’ Diplomacy With Moscow https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/26/former-us-official-shares-details-of-secret-track-15-diplomacy-with-moscow-a81972
• FSB analyst: Russian security services did nothing to stop Wagner | Conflict Zone Since Yevgeny Prigozhin fled Russia, speculation has continued about what Vladimir Putin will do next and what threats his regime may face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLCC2SkBHNI&ab_channel=DWNews
• This is a very clear and clever text, about why civil war in Russia is already on, through political philosopher Vladimir Pastukhov. He is definitely ne one of the main and brightest voices in political and society analysis of the late Putin’s Russia. Unfortunately only in Russian, but deepl does s really good job, it’s worth it. https://republic.ru/posts/108914
• https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/crimethinc-russian-anarchists-on-the-wagner-mutiny/
• https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/06/25/prigozhin-s-coup-attempt-exposes-putin-s-vulnerability
• Re: Russia Expertise, Analysis & Policy Network LMA Foundation re-russia.net https://re-russia.net/en/
• Anarchist Library Amsterdam on Instagram: "June 28 at 19:00 - The Anarchist movement in Russia in times of war How are Russian anarchists resisting against the war, and what are the consequences of anti-war activities? Olga Matuz from Anarchist Black Cross Moscow will talk about anti-repression and anti-war activities, and also about what can be done to support anarchists and anti-war activists facing repression. MKZ, https://www.instagram.com/p/CtpCeNxIDnv/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
• https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-very-russian-revolution/ - I do not necessarily agree with every observation in this analysis, but Olesya Khromeychuk is a commentator well worth reading, also in this critical take on last Saturday and the media dynamics of Russiawatching
• https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90051
• https://snyder.substack.com/p/prigozhins-march-on-moscow
• Radio War Nerd EP #384 — Prigozhin's Mutiny, featuring Anatol Lieven https://www.patreon.com/posts/unlocked-radio-85161627
• Shoigu... just in case you forgot the story of his son, here it is, again: watch the video as a reminder of the 'context' of what happened last Friday and Saturday https://theins.ru/en/news/262422
• Russian Public Appears to Be Souring on War Casualties, Analysis Shows Support for the war in Ukraine remains high but could potentially turn if concern over the high numbers of casualties persists, according to FilterLabs AI.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/us/politics/russia-public-opinion-ukraine-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
• Real Time Analysis of Russian Attitudes Toward the War in Ukraine: Find Out What Everyday Russians Think About the War https://www.filter-russia.com/
• https://www.cfr.org/blog/russias-war-against-ukraine-catalyzing-internet-fragmentation - Russia’s War Against Ukraine is Catalyzing Internet Fragmentation After its invasion of Ukraine, concerns flared over a decoupling of Russia from the global internet. This has not materialized, but we may be witnessing the start of a more fundamental fragmentation …
• ‘Cheerleader des doods’ van het Kremlin In het Westen roept Olga Skabejeva niets dan afschuw op vanwege haar meningen, die geregeld nog verdergaan dan de Kremlinpropaganda. De presentator van het dagelijkse discussieprogramma 'Zestig minuten' draagt ze met haar snerpende, nasale stem op triomfantelijke toon avond aan avond uit.https://fd.nl/politiek/1455713/cheerleader-des-doods-van-het-kremlin
• "There is nothing cheaper in Russia than human life" Boris Dralyuk, literary translator, poet, and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books, about the perception of Russia’s war of aggression in the US, Ukraine’s culture wars, and the future of the Russian language.https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000142188276/there-is-nothing-cheaper-in-russia-than-human-life
• Here’s a new international initiative. Saw a poster around yesterday: https://cancelrussia.info/
• https://www.raamoprusland.nl/dossiers/nederland-en-europa/2151-megafoons-van-het-kremlin-blokkeren-of-niet
• https://theins.ru/en/news/251259 Only about 10% of Russian television workers support the war in Ukraine and believe that Russia is «exterminating Nazis» there. The head of a major Russian TV channel, speaking on condition of anonymit
• https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2022/04/12/milliardi-na-propagandu-rashodi-byudzheta-na-gossmi-podskochili-vtroe-na-fone-voini-a19511 Q1 in 2022 was spent 17,5 billion rubles on prop from state budget.
• https://en.squat.net/2022/10/31/amsterdam-building-from-russian-oligarch-squatted/
• https://decorrespondent.nl/13380/deze-wetenschapper-dacht-een-oorlogsexpert-te-zijn-tot-ze-in-de-horror-van-de-russische-oorlog-belandde/411515280-43515f71 Deze wetenschapper dacht een oorlogsexpert te zijn. Tot ze in de horror
• https://twitter.com/jamnewscaucasus/status/1523927947366875138?s=21&t=M0kSQR2uSsVAhohbYAI8IQ About Victory day & Russian media ‘Blood on your hands’
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin
• Explosies Transnistrië zorgen voor onrust in Moldavië en dat is 'precies wat Moskou wil' - https://nos.nl/l/2426852
• ‘Jullie beeld van Oost-Europa komt voort uit jarenlange Russische propaganda’ https://www.volkskrant.nl/a-b8c5a578
• https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/666747798/aantal-asielaanvragen-uit-rusland-fors-hoger-daders-of-slachtoffers
• Re: Russia | Eng An expert and discussion platform aiming to address key issues of Russian politics, economy and society. It produces a constantly updated review of current expertise, new data and global discussion on the state of Russia, and publishes its own research https://t.me/rerussia_eng
• "We Are Not Doing Anything Illegal, Why Be Anonymous?" — Interview with Maxim Kondratiev from Avtozak LIVE by Angela Gurtsieva https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/26/we-are-not-doing-anything-illegal-why-be-anonymous-interview-with-maxim-kondratiev-from-avtozak-live/
• About sanctions & ripe ncc : https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/810/
• the open letter for the dutch ministers of foreign affairs and justice, asking for : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJU5JrWcvplXMT1YICiJlCuHTJC_LtTXdUnl8YeoiK0/edit
• Russia turns its diplomats into disinformation warriors https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-diplomats-disinformation-war-ukraine/
• Op zoek naar de feiten in oorlogstijd https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2022/op-zoek-naar-de-feiten-in-oorlogstijd~v484352/
• https://voxpop.uva.nl/en/content/events/events/2022/06/moscow-times-publishers-discuss-the-russian-war-in-ukraine.html The Price of Lying - VOX-POP The Russophone team of the Moscow Times recently fled Russia.

Russian Diaspora

• A new investigation by Access Now and Citizen Lab reveals first-time use of Pegasus spyware against exiled Russian media. https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/exiled-russian-media-pegasus/
• https://meduza-io.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/meduza.io/amp/en/feature/2023/09/13/even-in-europe-we-are-not-safe Even in Europe, we are not safe A statement from Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov — Meduza
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/18/its-starting-to-get-dark-after-navalnys-death-many-fear-what-putin-will-do-next “Having destroyed opposition at home, he will focus then on those who dare speak abroad,” Bondarev warned."
• Borsjt en een anti-Poetin biertje in het eerste Oekraïense restaurant van de stad https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/225348/eerste-oekraiense-restaurant-amsterdam-oost-sjoerd-warmerdam

Russian Resistance

• https://karlawagner.eu/what-an-opposition-is-and-what-it-isnt/
• https://censorship.no/en/index.html A mobile decentralised browser, specially developed to bypass internet isolation by russian authorities.
• There are hundreds, if not thousands, partizan, antiwar, decolonial and anarchist groups on telegram. With a political opposition coalition we are preparing a big campaign on geligitimation of putin's elections. we need to find an automated way how to make connections https://www.change.org/illegitimate
• Decolonize runet! Decolonize network measurements! A provocative take on the Russian sovereign internet project https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2023/fahrplan/events/12042.html We try to set up various contrapropaganda snd protest activities, and we need western backing and support
• https://hal.science/hal-03100247/document 35C3 - A Routing Interregnum: Internet infrastructure transition in Crimea after Russian annexation https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9864-a_routing_interregnum_internet_infrastructure_transition_in_crimea_after_russian_annexation - Ksenia's previous talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmskfem30dg
• Feminist Antiwar Resistance wins 2023 Aachen Peace Prize — Meduza https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/08/feminist-antiwar-resistance-wins-2023-aachen-peace-prize

The Russian political movement Feminist Antiwar Resistance (FAR), along with Israel’s Human Rights Defenders Fund, has won the 2023 Aachen Peace Prize

• Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR) Russia https://euvsdisinfo.eu/resistance-wont-stop-the-war-but-it-can-hasten-its-end/
• Dmitry Petrov is a Russian anarchist, anthropologist and historian. After beginning of full-scale Russia invasion he joined Ukrainian army. On April 19 he died in action near Bahmut together with two his comrades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eLYC6F-CtY
• Free Russia NL, among many others, supports TV Rain - here’s the statement initiated by Meduza and signed by hundreds of individuals and organisations. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/12/06/meduza-s-statement-regarding-the-revocation-of-tv-rain-s-latvian-broadcasting-license
• Stichting Free Russia NL is a fact! We have registered our foundation today, we will be continuing our social, cultural, humanitarian and activist work with now official support of private and public funders, volunteers and community. More info on our plans, organisation structure and activities will follow soon!
• https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520472404987990018 “Russian soldiers fighting for Ukraine against the Russian Army driving through the Poltava region. Those white-blue-white flags really are beautiful.
• https://discord.gg/PHssTt4X3z Russian or Belorussian journalists in need are welcome to join my Discord server Russian Press In Exile (Russian PiE), I cooperate with RSF and can put them in contact with the new JX Fund. There are also other growing resources on the server/ people can help each other.
• Free University Moscow created this new and for some here probably useful Telegram channel: https://t.me/FreeStudentMedia. (NB in Russian only though, so it seems)
• https://discord.gg/XVYMcSCx Russian Press in Exile channel (Alexander from Moscow Times is also in the group, I understood there is an effort to create a united media coalition by Tvrain, meduza and moscow times)
• Oprichter Russisch Telegram-kanaal gevlucht naar Nederland: https://nos.nl/video/2427534-oprichter-russisch-telegram-kanaal-gevlucht-naar-nederland-ik-zou-zeker-worden-opgepakt
• Russian political journalist and politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was detained for 'spreading fakes' about actions of Russian army in Ukraine. He faces up to 10 years in jail. He is brave and honest, if you want to write about it I have details( Alina Danilina) , photos and video.
  It's also posted there https://t.me/novaya_europe/659https://t.me/novaya_europe/659 https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/22/kara-murza-charged-russia-speech/
• Redacteuren DOXA hangt gevangenisstraf boven het hoofd – https://www.wereldbrand.nl/2022/04/08/redacteuren-doxa-hangt-gevangenisstraf-boven-het-hoofd/
• Open Letter of Dmitry Pilikin, Russian Artist, Curator, Art Historian https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/04/04/open-letter/
• https://en.squat.net/2022/10/31/amsterdam-building-from-russian-oligarch-squatted/

Gaza

• Telecommunications blackout in the Gaza Strip is an attack on human rights https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/communications-blackout-gaza-strip/
• Gaza communications blackout as Israel intensifies attack https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/gaza-communications-blackout-israel-intensifies-attack
• The Destruction of Gaza’s Internet Is Complete https://www.wired.com/story/gaza-internet-blackout-israel/
• Palestine Internet Connectivity as Seen in BGP - What does Internet routing data tell us about how the Internet in Palestine has fared since the outbreak of war in October. https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-lone/palestine-internet-connectivity-as-seen-in-bgp/
• https://www.accessnow.org/guide/staying-safe-online-in-the-context-of-conflict-in-gaza/
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/23/bosnia-muslims-germany-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-palestinian I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s
• https://pad.riseup.net/p/r.5e8fb6bd54cdce773db487845244e55d
• https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/03/middleeast/gaza-palestinians-blackouts-power-airstrikes/index.html

Protests

• ‘Graffiti battle on streets of Belgrade’ as Serbia tries to stifle anti-Putin Russian exiles https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/28/serbia-graffiti-belgrade-anti-putin-russian-exiles
• I have contacts in OVD now, so if there is an interest on working together, I can cross-connect; more info: https://ovd.news/news/2022/03/02/russian-protests-against-war-ukraine-chronicle-events
• Flag from the Russian opposition - - The Russian design community has created a flag for anti-war movement in Russia. It is a white banner with blue horizontal stripe in the middle. We are removing bloody color because future and prosperity of new Russia is in peace'https://whitebluewhite.info/english and https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/red-is-dead-russian-anti-war-protesters-fly-a-new-flag-for-peace
• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/28/the-russians-fleeing-putins-wartime-crackdown
• Stichting Free Russia NL is a fact! We have registered our foundation today, we will be continuing our social, cultural, humanitarian and activist work with now official support of private and public funders, volunteers and community. More info on our plans, organisation structure and activities will follow soon!

The Netherlands

• https://www.folia.nl/international/161102/the-unbearable-lightness-of-uvas-neutrality
• As independent media, we don't have to participate in the current Gleichshaltung. Apparently my fellow Dutch people need to be reminded about MH17. And the shameful #nietOnzeOorlog mentality Am I in the wrong country, and a populist is an outgrowth of the culture? I'm scared sometimes. Nope, I stay, and hold accountable. Here, Denys speaks directly, calling the prick a prick. https://youtu.be/d60xeI9n6WE?t=572
• Wilders has threatened to deal with all of them at one point or another. During the campaign, he was silent on this part of his repertoire, in favour of talking about the cost of living and migration, but his party programme was as extreme as ever. Given that his BFF is Viktor Orbán, there is absolutely no reason to dismiss these threats as purely hypothetical." :https://sophieintveld.substack.com/p/the-hangover
• Tijdens een wereldreis voor ruwe aardolie tankt Poetin in Zeeland - Russian oil tankers , forbidden by sanctions, bunkering in Dutch seas https://archive.is/7dlMn (NRC article, archived)

• Sunday 10 July: Poetin stoppen! Is FVD slopen! | IndyMedia

Stopping Putin means destroying the FvD! Sunday 10th of July, 13:00 The elitist conspiracy fascists from Forum voor Democratie will gather to show support to and celebrate their friend, dictator and mass murderer Putin! Together with the fascists of the AFD from Germany, the Russian ambassador and other! https://indymedia.nl/node/52254 More info: https://enoughisenough14.org/2022/07/07/dont-give-fascists-any-space-fvd-symposium-understanding-the-conflict-in-ukraine-on-july-10-amsterdam/

Elections

• On Russian state TV they're predictably delighted with the Dutch election result https://twitter.com/i/status/1727661454550073528
• https://youtu.be/d60xeI9n6WE?t=572 Apparently my fellow Dutch people need to be reminded about MH17. The posting date, 1.3.2018 places Wilders' presence in Russia a year and a half after a Dutch-led team of prosecuters presented the evidence of Russian weaponry, and a Russian launch from the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
• Journalists, judges, civil-rights lawyers, teachers, academics - Wilders has threatened to deal with all of them at one point or another. During the campaign, he was silent on this part of his repertoire, in favour of talking about the cost of living and migration, but his party programme was as extreme as ever. Given that his BFF is Viktor Orbán, there is absolutely no reason to dismiss these threats as purely hypothetical." :https://sophieintveld.substack.com/p/the-hangover

Events

Happening /Coming

• What the Wagner Group tells us about Russia Experts analyse the role of Private Military Companies (PMCs), particularly the Wagner Group. What role did they play in the war?

De Balie: https://debalie.nl/programma/what-the-wagner-group-tells-us-about-russia-21-01-2024/

• upcoming screenings "20 Days In Mariupol". may be found https://20daysinmariupol.com/#screenings , https://youtu.be/E-coT5t70Tg?si=de_IkhsJRrWcLR1s Bullet Holes, and Uprooted. https://youtu.be/cq2gEMhuDps?si=kEkjRF5Z4Qk3rgjG. 20 Days may be found on PBS.org. You'll need to set your VPN to the States to view the film itself (sans Youtube): https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/20-days-in-mariupol/
• https://catincatabacaru.com/exhibitions/state-of-emergence-NADA - State of Emergence
• To Watch the War: The Moving Image Amidst the Invasion of Ukraine (2014–2023) is a moving image forum which takes place at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht from 9 September to 29 October 2023. https://www.bakonline.org/program-item/to-watch-the-war-the-moving-image-amidst-the-invasion-of-ukraine-2014-2023/
• https://www.npostart.nl/my-generation-at-war/AT_300011623 My Generation @War, a Dtuch documentary series, in English and Ukrainian
• Sound & Vision:beeldengeluid.nl/en/remixfest

Past

• https://spui25.nl/programma/data-is-dead The future of the tech industry is in infrastructure, not data
• JOIN our book talk on the protection of #journalists in the EU 🗓️ 23 Jan, 14:30 📍 EP + online

✍️ Register by 18 Jan if you need accreditation to the EP https://europa.eu/!R4gDCf

• Experimenting Liveness: Stream Art Between Amsterdam, Kraków, and Kyiv | REPORThttps://networkcultures.org/void/2023/10/30/experimenting-liveness-stream-art-between-amsterdam-krakow-and-kyiv-report/
• workshop related to digital journalism, data activism, and Open Source Investigations in VoxPop (close to Spui in Amsterdam). Perhaps you would like to join. Participation is free upon registration. All the info can be found here: https://fixersandjournalists.humanities.uva.nl/covering-russias-war-on-ukraine-local-media-professionals-and-open-source-investigators/
• My Generation @War, a Dtuch documentary series, in English and Ukrainian https://www.avrotros.nl/my-generation-war/gemist/detail/alles-wat-je-moet-weten-over-my-generation-war/

By DMT

STUDIO EVENT Mental Geology of Nuclear Threat & The Labor of Witnessing

August 25 | 18:00 (doors open 17:30) transmediale studio Free admission

Join us for a studio event organised by our current artist-in-residence Asia Badzdyrieva. The evening will bring together writers and curators - Svitlana Matviyenko, Elena Vogman, Olexii Kuchanskyi, and Johannes Bruder - to engage in conversation about the production and dissemination of images and affects within the mediated contexts of climate change and war. The event will comprise of two moderated conversations with a short break in between.

►https://transmediale.de/en/news/labor-of-witnessing

• 18th and last dispatch by Svitlana Matvayenko on Tactical Media Room Ukraine, covering the period February-June 2023 https://networkcultures.org/tactical-media-room/2023/06/25/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-part-18/
• 🙏🏼 the event was very succesful, Navalny’s team made a repo: https://youtu.be/atOcmzhAEvg
• https://networkcultures.org/events/standby-%d1%87%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%83%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%bd%d1%8f-czuwanie-on-the-hybrid-island/
• http://www.uva.nl/benefit-concert
• https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-bgp-security-for-ukrainian-operators
• The European Internet Blockade of Russian Propagandist Media

Against the backdrop of the war with Ukraine, the Russian government has sharply increased funding for state media, resulting in an unprecedented level of state propaganda spread on social media platforms. As a consequence, US and EU lawmakers and Ukrainian officials have jolted into action by pressuring social media platforms in an attempt to curb Russian misinformation. This seems to be a watershed moment regarding freedom of the press and internet freedom. We discuss what is at stake with internet activists and journalists directly involved in war-news production. https://www.spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media

• Van fact-checking tot argument-checking

Nieuwsverslaggeving lijkt steeds meer op een vorm van oorlog: feiten worden gepareerd met ‘alternatieve feiten’, fake news bestookt voortdurend de mainstream media, en men spreekt zelfs van ‘informatieoorlog’ of ‘informatieterreur’. Kunnen we aan de taal van journalisten en mediaorganisaties nog aflezen of het klopt wat ze zeggen, of is dat onmogelijk geworden? En wat kunnen we doen om de situatie te verbeteren? Vier experts op het gebied van het bestrijden van desinformatie gaan hierover met elkaar in gesprek. https://spui25.nl/programma/van-fact-checking-tot-argument-checking

• https://networkcultures.org/events/tactical-media-meet-up-3-the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media/

by OTHERS

• local hubs for ripe87 in Rotterdam & Amsterdam: https://bpn.servus.at/ripe87/
• https://internetborders.net/ Conference and Hackathon in Support of Internet Freedom
• https://ra.co/features/4148 After 12 months of war, what's the sound of Ukraine? Listen to a year of releases since the invasion.
• For anyone who hasn’t seen “Navalny”, it’s available here without registration and for free: https://navalny-film.io/
• Sletlana @ Rietveld: https://rietveldacademie.nl/en/page/24782/refuge-ghaith-kween-qoutainy-sletlana-bebe-berat-bebek-studium
• Music for Belarus 30 juni - 19:00. www.belarusians.nl
• Mozilla Festival 2023 Schedule - https://schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/7VJBAE-1 We are doing a session at 15.00
• https://ra.co/features/4148 After 12 months of war, what's the sound of Ukraine? Listen to a year of releases since the invasion.
• Hallo allen, de opening van het critical infrastructure lab aan de universiteit van amsterdam is 13-14 april. Jullie zijn allemaal van harte welkom https://www.criticalinfralab.net/2023/03/13/launch-event-programme/
• https://amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda/13349/ukraine-uncut-hamlet-syndrome Originating with the city’s counterculture and free spaces, Amsterdam Alternative stands for collective action and radical political debate for the sake of a desirable future for the many, not the few.
• For anyone who hasn’t seen “Navalny”, it’s available here without registration and for free: https://navalny-film.io/
• Sletlana @ Rietveld: https://rietveldacademie.nl/en/page/24782/refuge-ghaith-kween-qoutainy-sletlana-bebe-berat-bebek-studium
• Tuesday 30 may (tomorrow) at MKZ at 19 o'clock benefit food and talk from anarchist from Kyiv Ukraine. About the war. The anarchist movement in this. And much more. All donations are for Solidarity Collectives .
• Disclosing Futures Rethinking Heritage Conference www.architectuurdichterbij.nl : https://www.architectuurdichterbij.nl/en/activities/disclosing-futures-rethinking-heritage
• Mariupol-The People's Story, only available inside NL or with VPN... for next 26 days: https://www.2doc.nl/documentaires/2023/01/mariupol-the-peoples-story.html
• https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-journalism-trauma-and-resilience-tickets-506452110897 Russian invasion of Ukraine: Journalism, Trauma and Resilience
• a RIPE NCC Open House (online event) to discuss the challenges faced by the network operators in Ukraine. Anyone interested is welcome to join. This online event will take place on Thursday, 2 March from 3:00-15:00 CET https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-ukraine
• Care & Resilience: Ukrainian Museums in Times of War https://dutchculture.nl/en/events
• https://www.uva.nl/en/shared-content/faculteiten/en/faculteit-der-geesteswetenschappen/events/2023/02/eastsplainers-3-music.html — and this is smaller-scale session with musicians from Ukraine and elsewhere from East-Central and Eastern Europe. This session is part of Eastsplainers, a series in which we work hard to keep providing a stage for colleagues at risk from across C/EE in responsible ways, at a time of active Russia(n) boycotts.
• together with Music for Peace Foundation, we are hosting a cultural event, “Who Am I?” https://waalsekerkdenhaag.nl/evenement/who-am-i/
• https://spui25.nl/programma/van-fact-checking-tot-argument-checking
• https://www.spui25.nl/programma/the-european-internet-blockade-of-russian-propagandist-media
• https://www.disinfo.eu/conference The EU DisinfoLab 2022 Annual Conference will take place on October 25 and 26 at the Radisson Collection Grand Place Brussels.
• UvA colleagues have been discussing developing another datasprint (for early July) this time looking at TikTok. For our project we would need an expert curated list of important Ukranian _and_ Russian accounts. Does anyone have any ideas of where we might source this? Does Tiktok make apis available for research on a way that twitter does for example? Likely not I guess but good to know for sure. I feel I should know this, sorry! I'm in a round table meeting with them Monday on child safety so let me know if there's anything to bring up
• https://twitter.com/mediaofcoop/status/1539590237101465602/photo/1 Series "Memory under fire" on Russian disinformation practices & their implications
• Next to all visible war atrocities, another tragedy is unfolding. Members of the same family on different sides of the front line do not believe each other. Russian parents don’t believe their children in Ukraine who try to share their personal war experiences. 25/06/2022 MOMA&CO Amsterdam - Studio
• following Friday (17th) there is a monthly meetup of cross-community organisers, informal but powerful: if you'd like to gain support for TMR , please join: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Community_Organisers_Meetup_17th_June
• https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-bgp-security-for-ukrainian-operators
• Saturday (11.06) 12:00-14:00, Rotterdam, Westnieuwland Goal: to show the European community that Ukraine deserves the status of EU candidate and to draw the attention of the Netherland’s authorities and population to russia’s war against Ukraine.
• Sunday (12.06) 14: 00-16: 00, Amsterdam, Dam Square. to remind the world on “Russia’s day” about the war, crimes and genocide that it is committing in Ukraine, and to show Dutch community and the world that Ukraine is a European country and is worthy of being a EU candidate. Here is the event in FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/498700641938004 <https://www.facebook.com/events/498700641938004>
• here’s info about workshops I’ve added to the wiki https://wiki.techinc.nl/TacticalMediaRoom/Workshops
• https://www.human.nl/2doc-kort/kijk/overzicht/2022/aflevering-75.html Niet mijn Moskou - 2Doc Kort -31 mei 2022, 23:05 uur - NPO 2 (you stillcan see it on the npo website)
• June Friday (17th) there is a monthly meetup of cross-community organisers, informal but powerful: if you'd like to gain support for TMR , please join: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Community_Organisers_Meetup_17th_June
• https://twitter.com/mariannedh/status/1531283952660455425?s=12&t=RAEbiBDCE13hJvvotsq04Q RightsCon : “On June 8, at 12:30 pm (GMT -4) we'll have an amazing panel on "Internet splintering due to server-side blocking and embargo sanctions" with the incomparable @RoyaEnsafi, @DougMadory, @hellais, and @nielstenoever.”
• Dattalion – Ukraine's Data Battalion. may 30 - at 14:30 (EEST),first media briefing of Dattalion at Ukraine Media Center. The link to the event is available here https://youtu.be/d6HHk7u98Bc
• https://twitter.com/mykolska/status/1531188142958592000-
• The conspiratorial memory group (a research group on east European conspiracy theory based at Uva, ASCA) is having a workshop in early June that will mainiy focus on the Ukrainain war.https://www.conspiratorialmemory.com/events/conspiratorial-memory-workshop
• Screening of video art works, curated by Serge Klymko from the Kyiv Biennial, is taking place on 2 June at 20.00 at Waag. https://waag.org/nl/event/tactical-media-meetup-2-oekraiense-videokunst-tijden-van-oorlog
• RIPE 84 – Berlin, Germany | 16-20 May 2022A RIPE Meeting is a five-day event where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators and other interested parties from all over the world gather. https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/739/
• Global NOG Alliance: Taskforce to Keep Ukraine Connected
• Resilience of the internet in Ukraine: Emile Aben https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/738/
• Solidarity Screening for Thursday June 2nd at Waag
• https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd8DLAjgRpi/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
• https://waag.org/en/event/tactical-media-meetup-2-ukrainian-video-art-times-war

Presentations of interest to TMR, at RIPE84

• Monday, 16 May 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC+2) https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/plenary/
• Resiliency of the Internet in Ukraine - Emile Aben, RIPE NCC
• Global NOG Alliance: Taskforce to Keep Ukraine Connected - Rene Fichtmueller, Global NOG Alliance
• https://ripe84.ripe.net/attend/how-to-participate/

• 1st Cross-cutting TDW: AI: Mitigating Bias & Disinformation:Theme Development Workshop18 May 2022 | 9:00- 17:30 CEST Identify common goals between academia and industry as well as other relevant
  
• https://www.vision4ai.eu/ai-mitigating-bias-disinformation/
• https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ukraine-russia-nato-anti-imperialism-today-tickets-288712375487(free, on zoom, 5th May, 6PM CEST; ask me for the zoom link if you don't want to register...)
• https://nvctraining.com/live-nvc-courses/video-conference/russia-ukraine-war-2022
• The History of the Yugoslavian Internet Live at SEE 10 https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/the-history-of-the-yugoslavian-internet-live-at-see-10/
• 12 April 20.00 Witnessing U: testimonials from the frontline 3 Ukrainian theatre makers Bogdana Orleanova, Iana Gudzenko, Alesia Andrushevska present @ Toneelmakerij, Laurier gracht 99c, Amsterdam
• HTTPS://toneelmakerij.nl/en/voorstellingen/witnessing-u/
• Friday 22 april - 2-5 pm Public seminar: from imperialism to fascism. The phatasmatic structure of war - SAndberg institute Amsterdam
• Wend. 6 apr 2022 20.00 – 21.30, LOCATIE SPUI25 : "De Russische invasie in media" - is recorded and streams on the page https://spui25.nl/programma/de-russische-invasie-in-media
• Datasprint -Buzzhouse space, located at the University of Amsterdam, BG5 (Oudezijds Achterburgwal 233-237) (enter through the Prisma cafe, then on the first floor). Only the keynote presentation will take place in OMHP D1.08.
• Ripe -As there is a lot of discussion and concern around sanctions related to the war in Ukraine and the effects on the net and the community, weare doing a cooperation working group (virtual) session coming Tuesday,22 March. The session will run from 13:00-14:30 UTC (14:00-15:30 CEST). To participate, you can register at https://www.ripe.net/s/register-coop-wg-20220322
• 31-03 at 11PM, online event:
  https://www.umass.edu/russian-eurasian-polish-studies/event/public-interest-technology-symposium-ukraine-and-russia-online-war
• 30 mrt 2022 event:
  https://framerframed.nl/projecten/the-hmm-on-a-lighter-internet/