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Zarina Zabrisky

The Kremlin’s Hybrid War in Moldova

, 15 November 2022
Zarina Zabrisky reports on how Russia is attempting to take advantage of the cost of living crisis in the former Soviet state

EXCLUSIVE Russian War Crimes in Ukraine: Torture as a Propaganda Tool

, 3 October 2022
Zarina Zabrisky talks to survivors of the newly liberated Kharkiv region and discovers a terrifying logic of ‘psyops’ in Russian atrocities

Putin’s Nuclear Brinkmanship in Ukraine

, 2 September 2022
As the UN nuclear watchdog mission visits the Russian-occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant, Byline Times speaks to locals and experts on the ground

‘I Looked Outside: Apocalypse’ Easter in Odesa

, 25 April 2022
Zarina Zabrisky visits the site of a high-rise residential building in Odesa shelled by Russian forces on Orthodox Easter Saturday

‘They Don’t Know How Open We Are – They Grew Up On Propaganda’

, 20 April 2022
Zarina Zabrisky speaks to Katerina Tuiziukova, a Ukrainian UN volunteer helping those fleeing Putin's war, at a temporary refugee placement centre in Moldova

EXCLUSIVE Chornobyl and Nuclear Terrorism

, 28 March 2022
Zarina Zabrisky speaks to an engineer at the Ukrainian nuclear plant about the risks posed by Russia’s invasion and control of the facility

Putin’s Purges: A ‘Frontal Attack’ on Navalny and his Allies

, 15 April 2021
Zarina Zabrisky catalogues the rising suppression and prosecution of Navalny’s relatives, opposition lawyers, activists and journalists across Russia in the last few weeks

Putin's War: Money, Ideology, Troll Farms and TV Stations

, 2 March 2021
Zarina Zabrisky talks to Russian cyber warfare and security experts Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about the Kremlin's evolving information warfare

Special Report: “Putin is a Thief” – the Russian People Rise Up

, 27 January 2021
From the Far East to St Petersburg, Zarina Zabrisky documents the unprecedented demonstrations in Russia and talks to protestors about their demands

A Top Priority for Joe Biden: Stop Information Warfare

, 17 November 2020
Zarina Zabrisky urges the President-elect and his team to counter one of the gravest threats to modern democracy

Pure Poison: Putin's Links to Espionage, Terrorism and Organised Crime

, 27 August 2020
Zarina Zabrisky talks to Artyom Kruglov, an independent investigative journalist and Putin biographer, about the Russian President's background

Russian Interference is a Threat within the Brain

, 28 July 2020
The Russia Report failed to grasp the philosophical underpinning of Vladimir Putin’s plans for the West, argues Zarina Zabrisky

Putin's Power Trip: How the President Has Cemented Russian Autocracy and Granted Himself Lifelong Legal Immunity

, 7 July 2020
Zarina Zabrisky explains how the Russian President's reforms to the Constitution have turned the country into an ethnostate and his rule into a dictatorship

Putin Exports Medical Supplies While Russia Suffers from the COVID-19 Crisis

, 7 April 2020
Zarina Zabrisky reports on the repression of medics and suppression of factual reports from Russia despite its international PR exercises.

EXCLUSIVE Big Lies and Rotten Herrings: 17 Kremlin Disinformation Techniques You Need to Know Now

, 4 March 2020
As the US Presidential elections approach, Russian Intelligence expert Zarina Zabrisky provides a comprehensive guide to Putin's latest propaganda ploys.

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