September 17, 2019
Figure of the Week: 37
For pro-Kremlin social media the Yellow Vest protests were 37 times more important than the protests in Moscow.
News and Analysis
September 18, 2019
Crazy Pro-Kremlin Conspiracies
The Russian anti-corruption activist and Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny is in fact a US Marine, a pro-Kremlin pundit said on Twitter.
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September 12, 2019
Kremlin Disinformation This Week: Old Lies, Jewish Bankers, and Green Dictators
The pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets are relying on a few well-tested tropes. Why use facts when you can rely on prejudice and bigotry?
September 11, 2019
Greetings from the USSR
Media have widely covered the story of a Russian message in a bottle surfacing in Alaska after 50 years at sea. But independent Russian journalists are not convinced.
September 09, 2019
One Article, Many Ways to Disinform
The recent purchase of an anti-tank missile system by Estonia resulted in illogical, threatening and ridiculing narratives by pro-Kremlin media.
September 05, 2019
Breaking "News": The Kremlin Discovered that Poland Started WWII and the Baltics Are Not Free
As world leaders gathered in Poland to commemorate 80 years since the start of World War II, Russian officials were outraged that they were not invited.
September 04, 2019
CIA and the Son of George Soros’ Driver
How do pro-Kremlin outlets try to explain a physical attack on a Russian opposition figure?
September 03, 2019
Figure of the week: 55%
Between May and July 2019, bots accounted for a staggering 55% of all Russian-language Twitter messages about the NATO presence in the Baltic States and Poland.
August 29, 2019
The Imperialist West Strikes Again (Also, Sex!)
This week's cases exemplify the impressive variety of ways that the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine adapts the narrative frame of Western imperialism to different situations and contexts.
August 28, 2019
Don't Mention Crimea!
The facts about Crimea's annexation are now a taboo in Russia and subject to censorship.
