Coronavirus: BBC challenges Pro-Kremlin Reporting from Italy

Kremlin-controlled media have told about Russian flags replacing EU flags in Italy and the Russian anthem sounding in the streets. A BBC investigation now looks into the facts behind these stories.

EEAS SPECIAL REPORT UPDATE: Short Assessment of Narratives and Disinformation Around the COVID-19 Pandemic

Figure of the Week: 203

Facebook and Instagram have removed a total of 203 accounts linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency that were operating out of Ghana and Nigeria and targeted the United States.

Coronavirus in Russia: Independent Journalists Call the Bluff

The message from the Kremlin has been that there is no epidemic in Russia. But journalists challenge the authorities, exposing disinformation.

The Community of Collapse

While European institutions, EU member states, and international organisations attempt to protect the public from the COVID-19 outbreak, pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets and related conspiracy sites are engaging in a blame game.

Disinformation Can Kill

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, lives depend on accurate and timely information. In the words of the EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, “Disinformation is playing with people’s lives. Disinformation can kill.”

Sputnik: Coronavirus Could be Designed to Kill Elderly Italians

In a time that calls for international cooperation to fight a common threat, Kremlin mouthpiece Sputnik chooses to spread disinformation about COVID-19. 

Figure of the Week: 76 Million

Advertisements for some of the best-known global brands are funding some of the most notorious disinformation sites in Europe – to the tune of US$76 million per year.

“The Information Boomerang Returns”

How have the Kremlin-controlled media handled the corona crisis so far? And what should we expect to see in terms of disinformation? Six independent Russian journalists and political analysts give their assessment.

EEAS SPECIAL REPORT: Disinformation on the coronavirus – short assessment of the information environment