September 03, 2020
Disinformation Alignment
Belarusian and Russian state-controlled media have been tweaking and polishing their disinformation narratives, to align them to the same tune.
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September 02, 2020
Figure of the week: 6 billion
Russian and Belarusian state media rely on a growing number of bogus “international experts” to legitimize disinformation about the protests in Belarus
August 31, 2020
C’mon, Let’s Ignore!
The English-language segment of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets is surprisingly indifferent towards the ongoing events in Belarus.
August 27, 2020
Freedom as an Imperialist Scheme
The pro-Kremlin media is consumed by the fear of freethinking and independent people, so it is busy reducing them to unwitting pawns played by powerful puppet-masters. Blunt force and lies can subdue the protests, but it can never prevail.
July 30, 2020
Russia did not… (and anyway, there is no proof)
Despite evidence pointing to the contrary, pro-Kremlin media continues to claim Russia had nothing to do with downing flight MH17, poisoning the Skripals, or interfering in the US elections.
July 16, 2020
Black is the New Orange
The pro-Kremlin media can never resist playing up the “colour revolution” theme.
July 09, 2020
Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Keeps Ignoring Basic Facts on Syria
EU sanctions on Syria have been a favourite target of disinformation from Russia and pro-Kremlin media to discredit the EU’s action in and policy towards Syria. This week we devote the Disinformation Review largely to disinformation on Syria, EU policies and the sanctions regime.
June 11, 2020
Crisis (Non-)Management, Pro-Kremlin Style
We are celebrating 200 issues of the Disinformation Review! This week’s topics: racial injustice protests and a second wave of coronavirus disinfo.
June 01, 2020
The Malthusian Straw Men
"Bill Gates Wants to Depopulate the Planet" - this claim is an example of a "Straw Man". A straw man is a rhetorical trick, used in polemical debate. You attack your opponent, refuting arguments, views or ideas never expressed by the opponent. This means of argumentation is frequently at play by pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets.
May 28, 2020
Back to Basics: Ukraine, Revisionism, and Russophobia
As the world cautiously begins to adjust to the new realities of post-quarantine life, the pro-Kremlin media is adjusting as well – and returning to familiar territory.
