How has Russian propaganda evolved over the years? Professor Dr. Iulian Chifu is a Romanian scholar and former adviser to the Romanian president who has spent years studying Russian propaganda, its methods and strategies. He analyzes how it targets not only Ukrainians, Moldovans, and representatives of other nations that broke free from the Soviet Union in 1991, but also other European countries.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. In May 2026, in Odesa, together with his Ukrainian and Moldovan colleagues, Vira Konstantynova and Elena Marzac, he published the book “Cognitive Informational Warfare in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania,” dedicated to Russian propaganda’s actions and methods in these countries and its interference in the lives of their societies. Book cover of “Cognitive Informational Warfare in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania,” written by Chifu and his colleagues from Ukraine and Moldova (Photo by Sergii Kostezh / Kyiv Post) In the book, Chifu and his colleagues emphasize that Russian propaganda has long ceased to be merely a tool of agitation but has become a full-fledged weapon that targets entire societies and aims to undermine democratic institutions, stability, and people’s confidence in themselves.