How do authoritarian regimes use artificial intelligence? In this episode of the Armenian-language Ampop Talk podcast, Christian Ginosyan speaks with Prof. Florian Töpfl, Chair of Political Communication at the University of Passau, about… Read More »Authoritarian AI: How Closed Regimes Develop and Shape Generative AI Systems

Artificial Intelligence offers us powerful tools, yet it also introduces serious risks — from bias and misinformation to full-scale information warfare. With this link you can read the English transcript… Read More »Can AI Truly Be Independent? Risks, Opportunities, and the Real Limits

Russian propaganda is no longer merely an information flow — it is a coordinated strategy designed to sow distrust, confusion, and instability within societies. Its tools are not military hardware… Read More »Russian propaganda. What Armenia can Learn from Germany and Moldova

Months ahead of Armenia’s parliamentary elections, Russia has been expanding its propaganda efforts in the country — a trend confirmed both by experts and by an investigation conducted by Azatutyun.… Read More »Investigation: Months Before Parliamentary Elections, Russia Intensifies Its Propaganda in Armenia

Amid growing geopolitical uncertainty and hybrid conflicts, the Republic of Moldova has become a frontline testing ground for the Kremlin’s evolving influence and disinformation campaigns. These efforts, seen during recent… Read More »“How Do You Make the Target Self-Destruct?” — The Kremlin’s Influence Strategy. Lessons from Moldova

Since 2022, the Doppelgänger method—the cloning of reputable media websites to spread disinformation—has been widely used across Europe. By mimicking trusted outlets with nearly identical domain names, these fake platforms… Read More »Doppelgänger․ Information Campeign Against Armenia

Mandy Ganske-Zapf, a journalist and political scientist who writes mainly from and about Russia, gave an interview to the Moldovan television channel TVR MOLDOVA. Moldavian journalist Constantin Uzdris prepared this… Read More »German Expert: Many European Leaders Still Haven’t Understood What Is Happening in the Kremlin and Who Putin Is

Russia has always waged a hybrid war, but what is happening now is much more serious. The Kremlin is trying to change the direction of several countries through propaganda and… Read More »Georgian Expert: The Kremlin is Trying to Change the Course of Several Countries Through Election Interference

On August 27 the bank accounts of seven non-governmental organizations had been frozen. These include the Civil Society Foundation, ISFED, IDFI, GDI, Defenders of Democracy, Sapari, and SJC. According to… Read More »GD justifies the freezing of NGO bank accounts using anti-Western propaganda narratives

The lonelier and more isolated people are, the more susceptible they are to becoming victims of disinformation, according to Una Titz, Program Director at the Amadeu Antonio Foundation in Germany.… Read More »Una Titz, Media Expert: Social Networks Are Distancing Themselves from the Notion of Trust and Safety