Local police raided St. Petersburg Café Zoom, suspected for violating health regulations. But the proprietor suspects the police confused the café with the on-line video conference platform Zoom in an attempt to stop a LGBTI-festival.
Following the US Election Day, pro-Kremlin media claimed that the US democracy is an illusion, election was fraudulent, and thus the US has no right to lecture others about human rights or democracy.
US presidential election dominated again world news this week, and the Kremlin and its media continue supporting claims on election fraud and Joe Biden's policy towards Russia.
1.8 million dead voters gave Joe Biden the victory. This is a claim from Russian State TV. The very same number has appeared in connection with elections in the US since 2012. A Russian professor suggests voting rights to the deceased to a larger scale: 27 million Soviet victims of World War II should be allowed to vote!
The US presidential election has predictably dominated world news this week. While most world leaders and professional and reputable international media have identified Joe Biden as President-elect, the Kremlin and its media continue supporting claims on election fraud.
In pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives, Bernard-Henri Lévy, a French philosopher, is the driving force behind many protests. Behind this disinformation narrative, a not so heated philosophical debate is going on.
The word "Russophobia" has so far in 2020 appeared over 30,000 times in pro-Kremlin media, monitored by the EUvsDisinfo. The concept implies that any kind of criticism towards Russia is "irrational" and based in a deep inbred hostility to Russia.
Russian state media’s first comments on the outcome of the US Presidential election express deep disappointment. "Neither free, nor fair", summarises the editor-in-chief of RT.
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The word "Russophobia" has so far in 2020 appeared over 30,000 times in pro-Kremlin media, monitored by the EUvsDisinfo. The concept implies that any kind of criticism towards Russia is "irrational" and based in a deep inbred hostility to Russia.
