Olga Lautman - Host of "The Kremlin File" Podcast talks about Russia's imperial ambitions in Europe.

It’s never been more important to understand the motives and techniques  of the world’s propagandists. Chief amongst them are the troll factories  of the Russian state TV and the Moscow Kremlin – spewing bile and hate  throughout its war of aggression with Ukraine, and over the last 10+  years. Olga Lautman is an expert in the corrosive effects of propaganda –  something she has tackled head-on in the incredible Podcast “Kremlin  File”, which she co-hosts. 

Olga is a national security researcher and  analyst concentrating on the cross-section of organized crime and  intelligence operations in Russia and Ukraine, as well as their impact  on Western democratic practices. She is a Senior Fellow at the Centre  for European Policy Analysis. Olga maintains her expertise on the  kleptocratic dealings of Russia’s ruling elite, on its intelligence  agencies, and has a sophisticated understanding of Soviet political history and Russia’s transition post-collapse. Her fluency in Russian helps her monitor Kremlin-aligned media and social media trends to track  and disrupt Russian disinformation operations and active measures  campaigns.