Serge Poliakoff
@sergepoliakoff.bsky.social
Doctor of Social Science. Postdoc at University of Amsterdam in OSINT and russia’s disinformation industry. Ex-frontend dev. Private account. #standwithukraine My newest article: https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586X.2025.2559218
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ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
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My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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🚨Last chance to register!
Want to know who's steering Russia's online information control machine?
👉Meet ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
Join our deep dive with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam).
📅20 Nov | ⏰14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Want to know who's steering Russia's online information control machine?
👉Meet ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
Join our deep dive with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam).
📅20 Nov | ⏰14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🚨Last chance to register!
Want to know who's steering Russia's online information control machine?
👉Meet ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
Join our deep dive with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam).
📅20 Nov | ⏰14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Want to know who's steering Russia's online information control machine?
👉Meet ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
Join our deep dive with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam).
📅20 Nov | ⏰14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Who's driving Russia's online info control?
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Who's driving Russia's online info control?
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👉ANO Dialog, the Kremlin's digital command centre.
🎙Join @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social (U. of Amsterdam) for a deep dive into how it represents a new model of state-controlled disinformation
📅20 Nov, 14:30 CET
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Neuer Blogpost: Russische Desinformationsakteure ahmen zunehmend die Sprache und Formate von Faktenchecker:innen und Medienkompetenz-Programmen nach. Besonders aktiv in diesem Bereich ist ANO Dialog, eine staatsnahe Organisation, die auf Sanktionslisten in der EU, Großbritannien und den USA steht:
Wenn die russische Propaganda versucht, sich als Faktenchecks zu tarnen
Russische Desinformationsakteure ahmen die Sprache und Formate von Faktenchecker:innen und Medienkompetenz-Programmen nach. Das Ziel ist, sich Glaubwürdigkeit zu verschaffen, unabhängige Faktenchecker...
cemas.io
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Neuer Blogpost: Russische Desinformationsakteure ahmen zunehmend die Sprache und Formate von Faktenchecker:innen und Medienkompetenz-Programmen nach. Besonders aktiv in diesem Bereich ist ANO Dialog, eine staatsnahe Organisation, die auf Sanktionslisten in der EU, Großbritannien und den USA steht:
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My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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Please share: 🧪#PolComm
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
A new paper of ours on one of the successor organizations of Russsia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA) has been published: Congratulations to my (former) doctoral students and co-authors @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social and @jkling288.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
www.tandfonline.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Please share: 🧪#PolComm
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
To learn more about the group's research on Russia's informational influence abroad, visit their website: www.rusinform.uni-passau.de/en/ #RUSINFORM
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A new paper of ours on one of the successor organizations of Russsia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA) has been published: Congratulations to my (former) doctoral students and co-authors @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social and @jkling288.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
www.tandfonline.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A new paper of ours on one of the successor organizations of Russsia's infamous Internet Research Agency (IRA) has been published: Congratulations to my (former) doctoral students and co-authors @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social and @jkling288.bsky.social! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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[New paper] Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news, By @jkling288.bsky.social, University of Passau, and @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam.
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
September 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
[New paper] Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news, By @jkling288.bsky.social, University of Passau, and @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam.
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
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Two papers being published the same day, what a coincidence! This study was published at Internet Policy Review. Together with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, we investigated the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Russia’s Russian-language news ecosystem on Facebook.
September 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Two papers being published the same day, what a coincidence! This study was published at Internet Policy Review. Together with @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, we investigated the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Russia’s Russian-language news ecosystem on Facebook.
My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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ANO Dialog: innovation in controlling Russia’s digital information
ANO Dialog, a new organization closely linked to the Russian presidential administration, was founded in Moscow in 2019 with the aim of “creating digital dialogue between the state and the public.”...
doi.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My new article, “ANO Dialog: Innovation in Controlling Russia’s Digital Information”, is out in Post-Soviet Affairs in Open Access. With @florian-toepfl.bsky.social & @jkling288.bsky.social, we extend our OSINT CV analysis method of Prigozhin’s troll factory to a new case doi.org/10.1080/1060...
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I am officially a Doctor of Social Science!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
September 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am officially a Doctor of Social Science!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
3.5 years and 5 articles, from Prigozhin's troll factory to ANO Dialog. All written under the careful supervision of @florian-toepfl.bsky.social . Special thanks also go to @jkling288.bsky.social and @kevinlimonier.bsky.social
Stay tuned for new articles!
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My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. doi.org/10.1080/1075... The main findings are in the thread below.
Trolls Behind the Mask of Journalists: How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Patriot Media Group Was Organized
The Patriot Media Group, sponsored by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Kremlin’s “troll farm,” represents a distinct type of media organization that does not fit any of the contemporary Russia...
doi.org
January 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
My first academic paper is out (open access). It's a study of the organisation of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group, based on a dataset of 818 CVs of its employees downloaded shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. doi.org/10.1080/1075... The main findings are in the thread below.
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Full room for a panel on decolonizing digitally and the new ways - including Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) - towards the uncovering of academic and industrial production of disinformation about the RUTA region(s) with returning @sanshiro.bsky.social, Anselm Schmidt & @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social 💥
July 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Full room for a panel on decolonizing digitally and the new ways - including Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) - towards the uncovering of academic and industrial production of disinformation about the RUTA region(s) with returning @sanshiro.bsky.social, Anselm Schmidt & @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social 💥
Although he looks a bit unrecognizable after five years in prison, Tsikhanouski is free: nashaniva.com/370751
Сяргей Ціханоўскі выйшаў на волю
Заснавальнік канала «Краіна для жыцця» і адна з галоўных постацяў падзей 2020 года быў затрыманы яшчэ да выбараў. За кратамі Сяргей Ціханоўскі правёў больш за пяць гадоў
nashaniva.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Although he looks a bit unrecognizable after five years in prison, Tsikhanouski is free: nashaniva.com/370751
I'm happy to announce that today I have joined the @uva.nl as a postdoctoral researcher. My work at the Department of Media Studies as part of the SoMe4Dem (Social Media for Democracy) project will continue my investigation into the russian disinformation production industry using OSINT.
May 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I'm happy to announce that today I have joined the @uva.nl as a postdoctoral researcher. My work at the Department of Media Studies as part of the SoMe4Dem (Social Media for Democracy) project will continue my investigation into the russian disinformation production industry using OSINT.
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People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
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What happens when a state-aligned propaganda media network takes part in a mutiny - that fails?
A very interesting description of how the infamous Russian IRA was liquidated!
A very interesting description of how the infamous Russian IRA was liquidated!
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What happens when a state-aligned propaganda media network takes part in a mutiny - that fails?
A very interesting description of how the infamous Russian IRA was liquidated!
A very interesting description of how the infamous Russian IRA was liquidated!
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Fascinating new research reveals what became of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group following its leadership’s failed mutiny against Putin.
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fascinating new research reveals what became of Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group following its leadership’s failed mutiny against Putin.
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People ask about my research on Prigozhin's Patriot Media Group: what happened to the PMG after the mutiny? Here's a detailed answer: new data on the CVs of former PMG employees (Oct 2024), the PMG's role in the mutiny, and how ANO Dialog won the competition against Prigozhin doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Stolz auf meine erste deutschsprachige Publikation (aus dem Englischen übersetzt) für Russland-Analysen: Prigozhins Medienimperium nach der Meuterei - Insiderinformationen aus CVs ehemaliger Mitarbeiter, die Rolle der Medien und Prigozhins Verlust der Konkurrenz an ANO Dialog doi.org/10.31205/RA....
Nach dem Aufstand: der Untergang von Jewgenij Prigoschins digitalem Imperium | Länder-Analysen
doi.org
April 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Stolz auf meine erste deutschsprachige Publikation (aus dem Englischen übersetzt) für Russland-Analysen: Prigozhins Medienimperium nach der Meuterei - Insiderinformationen aus CVs ehemaliger Mitarbeiter, die Rolle der Medien und Prigozhins Verlust der Konkurrenz an ANO Dialog doi.org/10.31205/RA....
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Join us in Helsinki or online on 24 February to discuss three years of Ukraine's resistance
Thanks to Aleksanteri Institute, @amtolok.bsky.social, @sierrasalazar.bsky.social, Maija Harju, @unabergmane.bsky.social for organising!
Thanks to Aleksanteri Institute, @amtolok.bsky.social, @sierrasalazar.bsky.social, Maija Harju, @unabergmane.bsky.social for organising!
E-Lomake - Roundtable discussions: Three Years of Ukrainian Resistance to the Full-Scale Invasion
elomake.helsinki.fi
February 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Join us in Helsinki or online on 24 February to discuss three years of Ukraine's resistance
Thanks to Aleksanteri Institute, @amtolok.bsky.social, @sierrasalazar.bsky.social, Maija Harju, @unabergmane.bsky.social for organising!
Thanks to Aleksanteri Institute, @amtolok.bsky.social, @sierrasalazar.bsky.social, Maija Harju, @unabergmane.bsky.social for organising!
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Calling researchers from #Ukraine: Would you like to become part of the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS (#UNET)? Fellowship applications for 2025/2026 are open!
Find the details here: www.zois-berlin.de/ueber-uns/st...
Find the details here: www.zois-berlin.de/ueber-uns/st...
February 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Calling researchers from #Ukraine: Would you like to become part of the Ukraine Research Network@ZOiS (#UNET)? Fellowship applications for 2025/2026 are open!
Find the details here: www.zois-berlin.de/ueber-uns/st...
Find the details here: www.zois-berlin.de/ueber-uns/st...
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📣 We have a fully funded #PhD place available at the Communication & Media Department @lborocrcc.bsky.social at Loughborough University, in collaboration with BBC Media Action and supported by the Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP.
January 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📣 We have a fully funded #PhD place available at the Communication & Media Department @lborocrcc.bsky.social at Loughborough University, in collaboration with BBC Media Action and supported by the Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP.
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Inauthentic news-pravda websites from Russian Portal Kombat network are now creating accounts on Bluesky.
I created a moderation list, it would be nice to help me to share it. Please do not hesitate to send me new accounts.
Ping @moderation.bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I created a moderation list, it would be nice to help me to share it. Please do not hesitate to send me new accounts.
Ping @moderation.bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/did:...
January 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Inauthentic news-pravda websites from Russian Portal Kombat network are now creating accounts on Bluesky.
I created a moderation list, it would be nice to help me to share it. Please do not hesitate to send me new accounts.
Ping @moderation.bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I created a moderation list, it would be nice to help me to share it. Please do not hesitate to send me new accounts.
Ping @moderation.bsky.app
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.
January 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Bellingcat is currently working with universities to develop open source investigation courses in various fields and creating student-led investigative hubs at those universities, which seems well timed.