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News and Analysis

March 22, 2018

Behind the Smokescreen: Who are the Actors Spreading Disinformation on Ex-Spy Poisoning?

The Russian foreign ministry, top-level diplomats, main state-controlled TV channels and global companies like Russia Today and Sputnik are all involved in delivering multiple theories on the poisoning.

News and Analysis

January 03, 2019

Year in review: 1001 messages of pro-Kremlin disinformation

“Lies and blatant fabrications” – this was how the British government described Russia’s clumsy attempt to conceal its hand in the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, by staging a bizarre interview with the suspects. But it might as well be a by-line for the overall pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign…

News and Analysis

September 17, 2020

Navalny Poisoning: Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Top German Social Media

Articles by RT Deutsch are the second most shared articles on German social media. If it was not for one German reliable media outlet, Der Spiegel, Kremlin-owned outlets would dominate the German digital information space in both: number of articles published and social engagements received.

News and Analysis

July 30, 2019

Figure of The Week: 200,000

UK media regulator Ofcom has fined RT £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules.

News and Analysis

January 24, 2019

Conspiracy Special: Tracking New Falsehoods Around The Salisbury Attack

This week, the pro-Kremlin media stated that the British government was behind the Skripal case, the West is meddling in Belarus, the US is conducting dangerous experiments in Ukraine and – as usual – Ukraine is the provocateur. What kind of a picture could one paint about Ukraine? At least…

News and Analysis

September 10, 2020

Salisbury All Over Again

There are numerous parallels to draw, and the pro-Kremlin media has scrambled in an attempt to draw as many as possible.

News and Analysis

December 20, 2018

You Got It All Wrong: Russia Is Innocent, Always Blame The West

According to pro-Kremlin outlets, this week the Americans should be proud of successfully organising the 'yellow vest' protests in France and autocephaly in Ukraine.

Disinformation Review

February 28, 2019

And the Oscar for fact-editing goes to…

Russian filmmakers were not successful at this year’s Oscar award ceremony. It might have been different if pro-Kremlin outlets were part of the competition. Their ideas are at least as creative as the best products from the Dream Factory.

News and Analysis

March 19, 2018

War, Peace and Crimea: Russian State Propaganda During the Presidential Election

Poisoning and nuclear sabre rattling abroad, reassurance at home.

Top Story

September 20, 2018

How to Rob Peter to Pay Paul

What do you do when one of your heaviest disinformation attacks backfires? You send out way more disinformation attacks and hope that they will silence the outrage.