Repetition and runaway selection
The disinformation ventilation of last week continues with some defensive pro-Kremlin strategies regarding the Navalny poisoning and protests in Belarus.
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!
Alyaksandr Lukashenka promises more material from the "Mike and Nick Tapes" - "you can't even imagine what we intercepted". Meanwhile, Lukashenka's police continues its violent crack-down on protests in Belarus.
Showing support for a made up migrant camp - the case of a forged letter
Yet another forged letter has appeared, this time targeting Georgia. And Ukraine too, a bit. And the EU. And the US.
Navalny Poisoning: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Top German Social Media
Articles by RT Deutsch are the second most shared articles on German social media. If it was not for one German reliable media outlet, Der Spiegel, Kremlin-owned outlets would dominate the German digital information space in both: number of articles published and social engagements received.
Fifty Ways to Kill Navalny
Pro-Kremlin pundits, most of them residing in the West, generously offer their expertise in "better ways to kill Navalny", weaponising sarcasm as a means of disinformation.
Let’s Laugh at Political Murder!
Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets attempt to turn the attempted murder of dissident leader Alexei Navalny into a joke. “Hahaganda”- propaganda, disguised as humour, ridicule, is a powerful and efficient instrument for disinformation.
Who Benefits from ”Cui Bono”?
“Cui Bono” – or “who benefits” – is a concept regularly used by the pro-Kremlin media to create an impression of powerful external forces conspiring against Russia.
Question Less: RT Strike-Breakers Replace Belarusian Journalists on Strike
When journalists at Belarus State TV went on strike, Lukashenka called in strike-breakers from Russia. Even pro-Lukashenka activists are brought in from Moscow.
Salisbury all over again
There are numerous parallels to draw, and the pro-Kremlin media has scrambled in an attempt to draw as many as possible.
Mike and Nick vs. Die Hard Lukashenka
Belarusian KGB published recently a recording of an intercepted conversation, allegedly between two intelligence officers from Poland and Germany. According to Alyaksandr Lukashenko, the recording proves foreign involvement in both the protests in Belarus and the Navalny case. But few believe the recording is authentic.
Dictatorship in need of rebranding
If no external enemy can be found, balloons will have to do the trick.
CORONAVIRUS: COVERAGE
Disinformation Review
Repetition and runaway selection
The disinformation ventilation of last week continues with some defensive pro-Kremlin strategies regarding the Navalny poisoning and protests in Belarus.
Figure of the Week
6 billion
Russian and Belarusian state media rely on a growing number of bogus “international experts” to legitimize disinformation about the protests in Belarus
