On the 1st of November 2019, the five-year project titled “The Consequences of the Internet for Russia’s Informational Influence Abroad (RUSINFORM)", funded by the European Research Council (ERC) had been launched at the University of Passau, Germany. Dr Florian Toepfl is the Principal Investigator and the leader of the RUNSINFORM project. The project team will involve six researchers and a number of visiting fellows.