Built to lie: how new pro-Russian monuments exploit cultural heritage

The report examines Russia's Cultural Heritage Exploitation (CHX) as a coordinated component of foreign information manipulation and interference, showing how pro‑Russian monuments, museum actions, and associated organisations produce and amplify historical propaganda to justify military and political goals; it details tactics (monument construction, consecration, curated exhibits, digital image amplification), logistic actors (army, church, local officials, monument builders), examples (Alley of Angels, Mariupol museum), and recommends reframing pro‑Russian monuments as disinformation and prioritising monitoring, research, and alternative cultural narratives to counter this influence.