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June 03, 2016

Visits to Europe

Image: Vladimir Putin arrives on a visit to Greece. Source: Kremlin.ru President Putin’s recent visit to Greece and Sergey Lavrov’s end-of-May trip to Hungary have provided excellent material for the pro-Kremlin media to bolster its well-known narratives. “Welcomed like superstar” Pro-Kremlin outlets emphasised the thawing relations between Russia and…

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May 11, 2017

Accusing Europe

Several European countries were subjected to pro-Kremlin disinformation over the past two weeks. It was claimed in Sputnik that Lithuania follows totalitarian laws and that all Baltic states use “Soviet methods to combat Sputnik journalists”. No mention was made of the fact that all three Baltic counties…

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January 25, 2018

Years of European horror

Disinformation video about Europe legalising incest has spread on social media for years. But if effectively debunked, attempts to use social media to disinform the public can have a much shorter life cycle.

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February 14, 2017

Empty European stores on Russian TV

“European consumers face shortage of vegetables in supermarkets”, Russian state-controlled TV Pervy Kanal told its audience earlier this month, and continued: “Stores in the UK, Norway and Denmark are unusually empty. Those supplies that are left in stock are sold only under strict rationing”. Images of empty…

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April 16, 2019

European Elections: Are We Ready?

In May, EU citizens will decide how the next five years will look in the EU. There will be attempts to influence their votes. Here's how not to get manipulated.

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January 31, 2018

"The Death of Stalin" as European information warfare

Is "The Death of Stalin" in fact an information attack on Russia? Is "Paddington 2"?

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May 20, 2019

Trolling European Elections 2014 – 2019

Kremlin attempts at election meddling in Europe started as far back as 2014, research by Cardiff University's Crime and Security Research Institute shows.

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September 23, 2021

“US Provoking Hunger Riots in Europe”

The looming hunger in Europe; the irreproachable elections in Russia; the Israeli trail in 9/11 and the art of regurgitating old lies on Soviet Russia’s part in the partitioning of Poland in 1939: this and much more in this week’s Disinformation Review.

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October 14, 2016

European Parliament: Propaganda seeks to distort and divide

European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resolution stating that propaganda pressure on the EU from Russia and from Islamic terrorist organisations is growing.

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October 09, 2019

How to get the European Parliament to read Russia Today

EP Today: A news website that doesn't write 99% of its articles, targets decision makers in the EU and misleads the public about the origin of most of their content: Russia Today.