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Disinformation Review

September 06, 2018

“Not the murderer, but the murdered is guilty!”

Pro-regime disinformation-oriented outlets were flooding the information space with groundless accusations, focusing on two regions: Syria and Ukraine.

News and Analysis

May 24, 2019

Question More, Report Less: the Newest from the Disinformation Campaign Targeting the EU

From using renowned personalities and twisting their own messages, to selective reporting – here are the new examples of well-known disinformation tactics, applied to EU elections.

News and Analysis

March 27, 2020

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.

News and Analysis

July 27, 2017

Fake news, criticism and censorship

Speaking at the third Russia-China media forum in Moscow recently, Sputnik and RT's Editor in Chief proposed that Russian and Chinese media should work togetherto tackle "fake news". She did not go further into detail on how that should be done. But as an example she deployed a reoccurring disinformation theme - that of the White Helmets allegedly manipulating and staging situations in Syria.

Fun

February 20, 2019

Moral Migration to Crimea

"Europeans are seeking refuge in Russia from aggressive sexual education, homosexual dictatorship and juvenile justice,” readers of a Russian news outlet were told.

News and Analysis

September 27, 2018

The Disinformation Maps Aimed at Tearing Our World Apart

With a quick move, the camera zooms in on the map of Ukraine. One by one, pieces of Ukrainian territory get wolfed down by the EU member states, Hungary, Romania and Poland. “Kyiv’s eccentricity has already split the country”, the presenter explains intensively. Since Transcarpathia belonged to Hungary prior to…

News and Analysis

October 05, 2017

German aftermath

Less than two weeks ago, elections were held in Germany. And although the election campaigning is over, the disinformation campaign is still ongoing.

News and Analysis

June 15, 2017

The world in black and white

In fairy tales, things have to be black and white and easy to understand. The villain is always cruel, horrible and insidious; the hero is pure, fair, and honest. A look at the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign shows us a similar picture. Once again this week, we saw the…

News and Analysis

February 08, 2023

Lighting fire to emotions with lies

Church on fire! A false news story shows how lies and manipulation are made in the Kremlin ecosystem and spread with dramatic effect. We investigate the story.

Disinformation Review

February 22, 2024

Pyrrhic victories and crickets chirping in the graveyard

From celebrating gaining a few dozen square kilometers of scorched earth in Avdiivka as a major victory for Putin to keeping mum about the circumstances of Alexei Navalny’s death, it’s been a busy week for the Kremlin’s disinformation mouthpieces