# The Prevalence and Degree of Infiltration of Russian Disinformation on the Russian-Ukrainian War in the Western Information Space

> The Prevalence and Degree of Infiltration of Russian Disinformation on the Russian-Ukrainian War in the Western Information Space

Source: https://ras-nsa.ca/en/event/the-prevalence-and-degree-of-infiltration-of-russian-disinformation-on-the-russian-ukrainian-war-in-the-western-information-space/
Modified: 2025-08-15

**This event will take place in French only*

9:15 am **Opening Remarks and Presentation of Research and Data for the NATO Dyad Countries Surveyed**

- Research team lead by Laurent Borzillo, Ph.D.
- Pr. Stéphane Roussel (ENAP)

**9:30 am Narratives Related to the Russian-Ukrainian War in Democratic Societies: Content and Arguments Used / Comparison with Other Themes**

Moderator : Professeure Magdalena Dembińska (Université de Montréal) ; POL-CAN **tbc**

- Pr. Florian Töpfl (Université de Passau)
- Pr. Justin Massie (UQAM)
- Marco Munier (UQAM)
- Balthazar Stengelin (McGill)
- Susanne Aschi-Glesius, consule générale d’Allemagne Megan Minnion (OTAN) **tbc**

11:00 am **Coffee Break**

11:30 am **Vectors of Pro-Russian Discourse in the West / The Receptiveness of Democratic Societies to Russian Narratives and Fake News**

Moderator : Zachary Lemyre (Université de Montréal)

- Anthony Seaboyer, directeur du Centre for Security, Armed Forces and Society (CSAFS; RMC) Nicolas-François Perron (UQAM)
- Maud Quessard, directrice du domaine Espace Euratlantique (IRSEM)
- Pr. Anatoliy Gruzd (Toronto Metropolitan University)
- Aurélie Bonal, cheffe de la délégation européenne au Canada**tbc**
- Julie Renaud (UQAM) **tbc**

1:00 pm **Lunch**

2:00 pm **Possible Measures and Actions to Counter the Proliferation of pro-Russian Narratives, of Both Russian and non-Russian Origin**

Moderator: Mathieu Gariepy, (Université Laval) **tbc**

- Pr. Nicole Jackson (Université Simon Fraser)
- Khrystyna Holynska, Ph.D. (RAND)
- Pr. David Morin (Université de Sherbrooke
- Oana Goga, Ph.D (INRIA)
- Franziska B. Keller, Ph.D. (University of Bern)
- Pr. Reihaneh Rabbany (McGill) **tbc**

3:30pm **Closing Remarks**

- Laurent Borzillo, Ph.D (ENAP)