Building a false façade
EEAS in collaboration with Spanish authorities uncovered a network of manipulative websites with links to Russia, aiming to launder disinformation directed at Western audiences.
EEAS in collaboration with Spanish authorities uncovered a network of manipulative websites with links to Russia, aiming to launder disinformation directed at Western audiences.
Moscow is doing all it can to ruin hopes for peace and build a crescendo ahead of Putin’s re-coronation on 7 May and the traditional WWII victory parade on 9 May
The hard, painful, pointy end of oncoming consequences has hit the Kremlin. Their foot soldiers got caught red-handed in Germany and Poland, and international aid for Ukraine flows again.
The deadly Crocus City Hall attack drew the world’s attention to Central Asia, where the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine is contaminating the information space with classic disinfo narratives, tested in other parts of the world.
The Kremlin’s disinformation outlets seek to discredit Ukraine’s legitimate attempts to secure a just and sustainable peace, muddying the waters with outdated proposals and feigning a genuine interest in negotiations. Meanwhile, at home, conspiracy theories about the Crocus City Hall still abound.
From Kyiv’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations and Armenia’s geopolitical partnerships to North Korea: several ‘fronts’ are active in the pro-Kremlin disinfo ecosystem.
Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.