EUvsDisinfo, the flagship project of the European External Action Service’s East StratCom Task Force, established in 2015 to better forecast, address, and respond to the Russian Federation’s ongoing disinformation campaigns affecting the European Union, its Member States, and countries in the shared neighbourhood, overviews the most prevalent and dangerous myths — and often outright lies — […]
Foreign Affairs Council Main Results, 24 January 2022
The EU Council of Foreign Ministers met on 24 January 2022 in Brussels. The meeting was chaired by Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Foreign ministers discussed current events and exchanged views on the latest developments and the rapidly evolving external relations. Some of the main outcomes of the meeting […]
EU-Russia Crisis: ‘Spheres of influence’ have no place in 21st century
The Council has approved conclusions on the European security situation, asserting that European security is indivisible and that any challenge to the European security order affects the security of the EU and its member states. In its conclusions, the Council condemns Russia’s continued aggressive actions and threats against Ukraine, and it calls on Russia to de-escalate, abide by […]
EU reaction to cyber-attacks on Ukraine
At the meeting held in Brest (France) on January 13-14 and chaired by the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, the foreign ministers of the EU Member States discussed the foreign policy and strategic security of the European Union. The Strategic Compass, to be adopted in March 2022 and covering the […]
Head of Laboratory in Russia
Head of Laboratory Russian Government “Megagrant” Competition for Research Projects Implemented in Russia. Offer description The purpose of the competition is to attract leading scientists to conduct joint scientific research in the new scientific fields or to develop current scientific areas, thus increasing the competitiveness of scientific research in general. The grant is aimed at […]
Visiting Professor Position in Enterprise Architecture and Business Informatics in Russia
Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade (IIMET), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, is inviting applications for a visiting professor position (Professor or Associate Professor) in the area of Enterprise Architecture and Business Informatics. Compensation Compensation is considered by selection committee on documents received and individual achievements Provision of housing on campus. Reimbursement […]
Russia-EU tensions and Parliament’s views
EU-Russia relations have become increasingly strained over the past decade, not least because of the country’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. The Kremlin’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and Russia’s military intervention in Syriahave only exacerbated matters. Another source of tension is Russia’s disinformation campaigns and cyber-attacks, as well as attempts to interfere in Western […]
Researcher Position in Computational Linguistics in Russia
Description The research center for Linguistic Innovative Technologies at the South Ural State University is initiating a project focusing on mining technical and scientific trends from multilingual textual data in various domains. To conduct the research on the project, the South Ural State University is looking for a part time senior researcher in the field […]
Teacher Position in Social Sciences in Russia
Description The Department of Sociology of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities of the South Ural State University provides training of bachelors and undergraduates in the direction of Sociology. SUSU is looking for a foreign teacher with a PhD or a similar degree to teach an author’s course for students in the field […]