Sasha Starost

Sasha Starost

Analyst & Briefings Specialist
Artist, political activist and interpreter forced to flee Russia in 2022. Prior to exile she worked in the field of political activism as well as political art and disability advocacy, while also specializing in educational programs for autistic people focusing on human rights education for the aforementioned groups.

As a political artist she primarily worked with topics of governmental violence, total institutions and isolation in an authoritarian state. After the beginning of full‑scale invasion Sasha joined Feminist Antiwar Resistance.

Since joining Egor Kuroptev’s team in 2022, she has monitored Kremlin narratives in Western and European media, as well as disinformation targeting women and children in Russia. Sasha has prepared a series of comprehensive reports on propaganda and disinformation targeting the wives and families of Russian mobilized soldiers, as well as on disinformation and military indoctrination in schools and universities, along with other significant articles and materials.
Artist, political activist and interpreter forced to flee Russia in 2022. Prior to exile she worked in the field of political activism as well as political art and disability advocacy, while also specializing in educational programs for autistic people focusing on human rights education for the aforementioned groups.

As a political artist she primarily worked with topics of governmental violence, total institutions and isolation in an authoritarian state. After the beginning of full‑scale invasion Sasha joined Feminist Antiwar Resistance.

Since joining Egor Kuroptev’s team in 2022, she has monitored Kremlin narratives in Western and European media, as well as disinformation targeting women and children in Russia. Sasha has prepared a series of comprehensive reports on propaganda and disinformation targeting the wives and families of Russian mobilized soldiers, as well as on disinformation and military indoctrination in schools and universities, along with other significant articles and materials.

Articles by Sasha Starost

Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
October 16, 2026

Washington, Moscow, and the Price of Peace

The path to peace runs through everyone but Moscow
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
October 14, 2026

Weaponizing the US–Russia Diesel Deal

A US fuel deal turned against Europe’s sanctions
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
October 9, 2026

Pro-Kremlin Networks Exploit Spain’s Snap Election

Housing, migration and Ukraine, routed into one election
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
October 8, 2026

From Amplification to Interference in German and French Protests

How RT recast accusations of Russian involvement as blame-shifting
By Sasha Starost, Evgenii Liamin, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
October 2, 2026

The Battle for Russian-Speaking Voters in Latvia’s 2026 Election

Investigations as persecution, criticism as betrayal, officials as deceivers
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 30, 2026

Discrediting Estonia over the Milrem Arson

Denying the sabotage while calling EU factories legitimate targets
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 25, 2026

Framing Friedrich Merz’s Political Decline

How Kremlin FIMI actors use electoral setbacks to delegitimize Friedrich Merz
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 23, 2026

Targeting the West’s defense preparations

Kremlin FIMI actors recast European defense preparations as evidence of aggression against Russia
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 17, 2026

Pro-Kremlin Campaign Ahead of Latvia’s Parliamentary Election

How a multilingual pro-Kremlin network turned Latvia’s election into a story of threat, exclusion and one electoral choice
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 15, 2026

Russia Acts, Others Are to Blame

How Kremlin FIMI actors reframed the Russian strike near the Polish border
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 10, 2026

Germany Wants War, Russia Wants Peace

How Kremlin FIMI actors built a narrative of renewed German militarism and war with Russia
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 4, 2026

Ceuta Crisis: A New Surge in Kremlin FIMI Narratives

How Kremlin FIMI actors renewed and expanded narratives around the Ceuta crisis
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
September 3, 2026

Germany’s Elections as a Choice Between War and Peace

How Kremlin FIMI actors framed Germany’s regional election as a choice between war and peace
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
August 14, 2026

False Flags and the Preemptive Justification of War in Europe

How Kremlin FIMI actors organized narratives about a possible expansion of the war into Europe
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
August 7, 2026

Kremlin Adapts Right-Wing Narratives Across Germany, France, and Italy

Exploiting Europe’s divisions to weaken support for Ukraine and NATO
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
August 1, 2026

Russia’s Role in the Ceuta Panic: Amplifier, Not Proven Instigator

How Kremlin networks amplified the Ceuta panic
By Sasha Starost
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
July 31, 2026

Kremlin Uses Berlin CSD Attack To Fuel Anti-Migrant And Anti-Elite Sentiment

How one attack was used to make Germany’s democratic institutions look complicit and illegitimate
By Sasha Starost, Evgenii Liamin
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
July 30, 2026

Migration Crisis in Ceuta, Spain: The Kremlin’s FIMI Amplification Campaign

How Kremlin-aligned FIMI networks exploit the migration crisis in Ceuta
By Sasha Starost
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
July 23, 2026

Constructing the Narrative of a Hostile, Failing, and Authoritarian Europe

How pro-Kremlin influence networks are trying to erode trust in Europe and present Russia as the rational alternative
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
July 17, 2026

Exploiting History and Promoting Anti-Ukrainian Agenda in Poland

How Kremlin-aligned networks weaponized Polish historical grievances to portray Ukraine as a threat and undermine support for Kyiv
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
July 9, 2026

Undermining Western Unity Ahead Of The 2026 NATO Summit

How Kremlin-aligned networks framed the war as a confrontation with the collective West
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev
Kremlin FIMI Weekly Analytics
July 3, 2026

Kremlin Propaganda Targeting Western Audiences: Ukraine And Iran

Kremlin narratives portraying Russia as a force for peace while blaming the West and Israel for escalation in Ukraine and Iran
By Sasha Starost, Egor Kuroptev

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