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Max Alyukov

@max-alyukov.bsky.social
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Lecturer at the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews

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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Kremlin had to work hard to fake a landslide. With a final tally of 58%, Russia’s ruling party projects regime stability. But the effort invested in falsifications demonstrates discontent over the war. Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/the-kre...
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The Kremlin had to work hard to fake a landslide
Russia's 2026 State Duma elections showcase how authoritarian regimes use rigged votes for legitimation and elite management.
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My latest for @goodauth.bsky.social on Russia's Duma election: it exposed a dilemma for the regime — it needs pseudo-democratic institutions to legitimate the war, but fears the uncontrolled political engagement it could unleash.
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The Kremlin had to work hard to fake a landslide
Russia's 2026 State Duma elections showcase how authoritarian regimes use rigged votes for legitimation and elite management.
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A bit of professional news: from September I'll be joining the School of International Relations at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor). After months of a relentless job-market rollercoaster, I’m relieved and excited — and very happy to be in beautiful Fife.
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Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Who gets to decide what’s true? In our latest "Good to Know," @max-alyukov.bsky.social breaks down how autocrats and populists weaponize fact-checking, rumor debunking, and disinformation accusations. goodauthority.org/news/who-get...
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Who gets to decide what’s true?
Good to Know: How autocrats and populists weaponize fact-checking, rumor debunking, and disinformation accusations.
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest for @goodauth.bsky.social: how Russia, China, Europe's populist right, and the Trump administration weaponise fact-checking and disinformation accusations to control who gets to decide what's true.
 goodauthority.org/news/who-get...
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Who gets to decide what’s true?
Good to Know: How autocrats and populists weaponize fact-checking, rumor debunking, and disinformation accusations.
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New preprint is out! Since the day Russia invaded Ukraine, a Kremlin-linked Telegram channel, War on Fakes (WoF), has been mimicking fact-checking to discredit criticism of the regime. How does this propaganda strategy work? (1/9) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Pleased to be one of the 2026–2027 Good Authority Fellows! GA, the successor to The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage, brings political science to a broader audience. Expect a lot of writing from me there this year on authoritarian politics, propaganda, and disinformation.
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My paper 'Whose Fakes? Disinformation Awareness and Motivated Reasoning in Wartime Russia’ has won the Outstanding Early Career Paper Award from @iamcr.org's Political Communication Section! Grateful for the recognition. The paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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(Mis)Translating Deceit (AHRC-funded project) @m-deceit.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Congratulations to Maxim Alyukov on the publication in Perspectives on Politics! The article examines how the Kremlin turned pseudo fact-checking into a propaganda strategy and how it affects citizens. It’s available here: doi.org/10.1017/S153....
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“It’s Not That Simple, We Don’t Know the Whole Truth”: The Effects of Pseudo Fact Checking in Wartime Russia | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
“It’s Not That Simple, We Don’t Know the Whole Truth”: The Effects of Pseudo Fact Checking in Wartime Russia
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My new paper with Margarita Zavadskaya is out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social! Since 2022, the Kremlin has turned pseudo fact checking into a key propaganda strategy. But how does it affect citizens? We run an experiment to answer this Q (10/): doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Lanabi @lanabi.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
📢 My NEW ARTICLE in #IJPP: 2.3M domestic TV news episodes (2009–2019) in #Russia across 8 major networks + Interfax. NLP + Diff-in-Diff around the 2016 RBC TV takeover to estimate shifts in #Ukraine -focused news. Free access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Max Alyukov @max-alyukov.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New preprint is out! Focusing on Russia, this paper asks what happens when disinformation awareness itself becomes a tool of authoritarian rule. We often assume that learning about disinformation increases resistance to propaganda. But what if the regime weaponises it? 1/7
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