The Kremlin’s New Favourite Straw Man
The "Straw Man" is a rhetorical device, used in polemical debate: a method of attacking views or ideas, never expressed by the opponent. "Neo-liberal" is the Kremlin's latest straw man.
EU vs DISINFORMATION – DON’T BE DECEIVED, QUESTION EVEN MORE
30 Years of “Colour Revolutions”
Historical revisionism gets a modern spin as the pro-Kremlin media label the events of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius a “colour revolution”
Dugin and the Discourse of Deception
The Kremlin-philosopher Aleksander Dugin claims journalism cannot contribute to truth, so journalism is nothing but persuasion. A misleading discourse to legitimize disinformation.
Lenin, Saving America
Pro-Kremlin outlets mobilise their favourite conspiracy theories when commenting on the January attack on Capitol Hill. Even Lenin is invoked to describe why Trump “failed” to stop power transfer.
Pro-Kremlin Propagandist – the Most Popular Russian “Journalist” of 2020
A state-owned polling agency names Vladimir Solovyov, a prominent pro-Kremlin disinformation personality the journalist of the year. But the poll results are not what they seem.
2021 – A Happy New Year and Some Sad Old Tropes
The New Year is as a time for hope and a chance for a new beginning. The pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets prefer to stick with the sad, old tropes, regurgitating the same lies as always.
New Study Maps Root Causes of Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Ways to Address Them
Disinformation in the Western Balkans is rather as a symptom than a cause of disruptions in societal cohesion and democratic governance.
Disinformation in 2020: Top Embarrassing Moments
Making a mistake is embarrassing. We have collected a few of the worst mistakes by the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets.
STORYTELLING THE DISINFORMATION
In this series of articles we explore the world of Kremlin Storytelling. An approach to disinformation that allows the disinformation operative to create an attractive story with a hero, a villain and a victim.
Top 5 documentaries and films to survive lockdown holiday
Having a boring lockdown holiday? Watch the best movies and documentaries on disinformation, it is time well spent! See our recommendations.
Figures of the year: from 16 to 117 million
From inauthentic coordinated behaviour and major corporations supporting disinformation, to people believing Covid-19 is man-made - 2020 had it all.
CORONAVIRUS: COVERAGE
Disinformation Review
30 Years of "Colour Revolutions"
Historical revisionism gets a modern spin as the pro-Kremlin media label the events of January 13, 1991 in Vilnius a “colour revolution”
Figure of the Week
figures of the year: from 16 to 117 million
From inauthentic coordinated behaviour and major corporations supporting disinformation, to people believing Covid-19 is man-made - 2020 had it all.
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WatchLugar Lab
Pro-Kremlin media targets the Lugar lab in Georgia