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Tom Robertson

Tom Robertson is the CEO of Continental Currency Exchange, a Canadian retail FX bureau. He writes regularly on the intersections of risk, technology, and great power competition, with pieces featured in The National Interest, CBC News, EuroNews, First Monday, and elsewhere.

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Pelechaty, Robertson: Decoding Russian disinformation campaigns

“Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, is dead.” Such was the false message spread by Russia’s propaganda machine in early May – even Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin joined in. Kyiv was quick to dispel the claim as an intentional effort to “demoralize Ukrainian forces” and undermine Ukraine’s budding counteroffensive, noting that according to Russian media, Zaluzhnyi had been “wounded twice and killed three times.” Weaponizing disinformation is a cornerstone