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Disinformation Review

October 31, 2019

Disinformation Tricks and Pro-Kremlin Treats

For pro-Kremlin messengers, Halloween is yet another apparition of an invasive Western culture that is hell-bent on corrupting traditional Christian values.

News and Analysis

August 03, 2020

Storytelling the Disinformation. Part 3.

In this series of articles we explore the world of Kremlin Storytelling. An approach to disinformation that allows the disinformation operative to create an attractive story with a hero, a villain and a victim. Part 3 The Threatened Values.

News and Analysis

June 01, 2021

Part 1: Threat report Facebook. Looking back.

In two articles we cover Facebook’s latest threat report on influence operations on their platform. It offers valuable insights on interference trends. Facebook claims to have taken down 150 networks. How should we weigh this number? 

News and Analysis

December 17, 2021

Disinformation divides Armenia

Disinformation narratives about Covid-19, the European Union, and the West in general, as well as those targeting values, social and cultural issues, are disseminated to increase distrust between citizens, Armenian authorities, and its international partners.

News and Analysis

June 30, 2021

Kremlin Not Getting the Joke

The pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets occasionally use video games as “photographic evidence” and satire as “facts”. Russian state media and Russian officials have frequently taken a website, intended for satire, at face value.

News and Analysis

April 13, 2018

Portraits of Europe on Russian TV: "Mother Nature is punishing immoral EU countries"

Have you ever wondered why Europe suffers from so many natural disasters? According to Russian State TV, Mother Nature is punishing EU countries for losing their moral compass and abandoning traditional values.

News and Analysis

December 21, 2021

Disinformation & elections in Moldova

Moldova’s new government, oriented towards reforms and collaboration with the EU, is the target of different kinds of disinformation and manipulation. Accusations include that President Sandu is eroding family values, that she is importing large groups of Syrian refugees, and that she is incapable of managing the country with a government that does not accept following Moscow. Just add a gas crisis and it’s a classic tactic from the Kremlin playbook.

News and Analysis

December 14, 2021

Pro-Kremlin outlets try to create an alternative anti-Western reality in Georgia

Although the capacity of the pro-Kremlin outlets to reach wide audiences in Georgia is questionable, local proxies have proved themselves adept at spreading disinformation too. Just like in the Russian state-controlled media, their narratives focus on alleged Western threats to Georgia’s traditional values, Georgian statehood and security.

News and Analysis

April 22, 2024

In Kazakhstan and Central Asia the Kremlin cries “Russophobia”!

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.

Disinformation Review

April 04, 2024

Francophobes in the Kremlin

Instead of sending love letters to the Élysée, the pro-Kremlin disinformation apparatus has taken France into its crosshairs by spreading lies and gross misogyny. Is Moscow afraid of something?