Lumi Sarvela

Overloading the Moldovan Elections

A September 2025 visit by Western media figures, facilitated by the Russian Orthodox Church, produced content alleging religious persecution in Moldova that was then amplified by Russian FIMI operations to discourage support for the pro-EU government ahead of parliamentary elections.

DISRUPT White Paper: A Whole-of-Society Approach to Defending Democracy Against Influence Operations

Introduces the DISRUPT toolkit: a three-phase (Prepare, Disrupt, Mitigate) whole-of-society framework for countering influence operations, built on 100+ disrupted cases and input from 50+ European organisations, arguing the gap in Europe’s defences is operational timing, not capability.