Maxime Audinet
@maudinet.bsky.social
PhD, Research Fellow @irsem.bsky.social, teaching @uparisnanterre.bsky.social & @inalco.fr
▪️Russian Politics & Media
▪️Influence, Foreign Policy & Authoritarianism
Co-founder @coruscant-eu.bsky.social
https://irsem.academia.edu/MaximeAudinet
▪️Russian Politics & Media
▪️Influence, Foreign Policy & Authoritarianism
Co-founder @coruscant-eu.bsky.social
https://irsem.academia.edu/MaximeAudinet
Reposted by Maxime Audinet
3) Début mai, Mediapart avait révélé l’existence de camps d’entraînement en Bosnie-Herzégovine et en Serbie, animés par des officiers de renseignement, tous russes à l’exception d’un Bulgare, pour former des proxys destinés à mener des opérations de déstabilisation un peu partout sur le continent.
September 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
3) Début mai, Mediapart avait révélé l’existence de camps d’entraînement en Bosnie-Herzégovine et en Serbie, animés par des officiers de renseignement, tous russes à l’exception d’un Bulgare, pour former des proxys destinés à mener des opérations de déstabilisation un peu partout sur le continent.
Désespérant de constater que ça fait mouche à chaque fois, en particulier au sein de la classe politique.
September 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Désespérant de constater que ça fait mouche à chaque fois, en particulier au sein de la classe politique.
Reposted by Maxime Audinet
A recent ISD investigation examines how 6 pro-Kremlin influencers, positioned by Russia, are working to expand Moscow’s influence in the Sahel. We show how these influencers build parasocial ties and tap into local grievances to push anti-Western narratives across the region.
Read it below.
Read it below.
Investigation | Pro-Kremlin influencers targeting audiences in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES)
After Mali, Burkina Faso & Niger quit ECOWAS under military regimes, it seems they may have pivoted toward Russia with local influencers playing into their geopolitical agenda.
www.isdglobal.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A recent ISD investigation examines how 6 pro-Kremlin influencers, positioned by Russia, are working to expand Moscow’s influence in the Sahel. We show how these influencers build parasocial ties and tap into local grievances to push anti-Western narratives across the region.
Read it below.
Read it below.
Many thanks to EJIS editors, Andrew Mumford and
@olivierschmitt.bsky.social, to the two anonymous reviewers for their critical feedback and insightful comments, and to the colleagues who rigorously discussed and greatly improved this research. 4/4
@olivierschmitt.bsky.social, to the two anonymous reviewers for their critical feedback and insightful comments, and to the colleagues who rigorously discussed and greatly improved this research. 4/4
July 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Many thanks to EJIS editors, Andrew Mumford and
@olivierschmitt.bsky.social, to the two anonymous reviewers for their critical feedback and insightful comments, and to the colleagues who rigorously discussed and greatly improved this research. 4/4
@olivierschmitt.bsky.social, to the two anonymous reviewers for their critical feedback and insightful comments, and to the colleagues who rigorously discussed and greatly improved this research. 4/4
I also explore the role of narratives in foreign policy and strategies of influence, building on the "narrative turn" in International Relations. 3/4
July 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I also explore the role of narratives in foreign policy and strategies of influence, building on the "narrative turn" in International Relations. 3/4
This article investigates the resurgence of anti-colonial rhetoric in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as the promotion of this strategic narrative in "Global South" countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. 2/4
July 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This article investigates the resurgence of anti-colonial rhetoric in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as the promotion of this strategic narrative in "Global South" countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. 2/4
Le rapport original ici : checkfirst.network/decoding-sec...
Decoding Secrets Through Symbols: How Military Insignia Revealed Russia's Hidden SIGINT Network - CheckFirst
Sometimes the best intelligence comes from the most unexpected sources. Our latest investigation proves this by using Russian online military insignia stores to map one of the FSB's most secretive uni...
checkfirst.network
July 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Le rapport original ici : checkfirst.network/decoding-sec...
... que la posture française, longtemps réactive, ne saurait se passer d'un travail ambitieux - et nécessairement ardu en contexte démocratique et pluraliste - de production de véritables récits stratégiques, au-delà de simples éléments de langage ou "contre-narratifs" tactiques et contextuels. 2/2
July 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
... que la posture française, longtemps réactive, ne saurait se passer d'un travail ambitieux - et nécessairement ardu en contexte démocratique et pluraliste - de production de véritables récits stratégiques, au-delà de simples éléments de langage ou "contre-narratifs" tactiques et contextuels. 2/2