Ukraine Analytica 30,2023

WHY DOES RUSSIA DISINFORM ABOUT BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS?

The article analyses Russian false claims regarding biological weapons use by Ukraine or the USA during the latest round of the Russian invasion. The authors concentrate on the specifications of the narrative, chronology of the claims’ development, and the main actors involved, as well as the logic behind the use of this particular narrative in the international arena. They also explain how such Russia’s behaviour and disinformation can jeopardise the international non-proliferation regime.

Dr Hanna Shelest
UA: Ukraine Analytica
John V. Parachini 
RAND Corporation



Hanna Shelest, PhD, Editor-in-chief of UA: Ukraine Analytica, Head of the Security Programmes at the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism". Previously H.Shelest served as a Senior Researcher at Odessa branch of the National Institute for Strategic Studies and a Visiting Research Fellow at the NATO Defence College (Italy). She has a PhD in International Relations, specializing in conflict resolution and security issues. She has more than 50 academic and more than 100 media articles on conflicts and security. H.Shelest is a Rotary Peace Fellow (2010), John Smith Fellow (2012) and Marshall Memorial Fellow (2016), Visegrad Think Fellow (2019).


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