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Disinformation Review

July 05, 2018

“Concentration camps in Europe – again” – A Guide to the Emotions Disinformation Exploits

The pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign excels in manipulating the emotions of its audiences. Its orchestrators collect information about the divisions and weaknesses of societies and further exploit these weak spots to fuel polarization. This week, the disinformation campaign focused on migration and the Syrian war, and for an…

News and Analysis

September 30, 2019

Sputnik and RT Manipulation in Arabic: Al Rukban as a “Nazi Camp”

Russian outlets demonise the United States for the dire situation in Al Rukban camp, which is being targeted by Assad's forces. Here is how the narratives have spread in the Arabic language.

News and Analysis

December 20, 2016

Fake news is free speech?

We have described in the past how pro-Kremlin media have attacked efforts to counter disinformation, see for example http://bit.ly/2fNSKqe or http://bit.ly/2hiVJFx. According to Zerohedge.com (http://bit.ly/2hJA9JY), the war on fake news is a war on free speech. In an article which was quickly translated into…

News and Analysis

July 05, 2017

The ABC of Russia’s foreign news for holiday-makers

It’s nearly summer holiday time, and the news cycle is slowing down. But when Russians turn on their TVs at their summer houses, Ukraine and Syria still receive the lion’s share of news time. This Sunday (2 July), the flagship news programme of state channel Rossiya-1, Vesti Nedeli, was largely…

News and Analysis

May 16, 2017

From Sweden with love

Russian state-owned media regularly make use of international "experts" to give legitimacy to pro-Kremlin narratives, even if the experts are known as such only by pro-Kremlin media. During the last couple of weeks, we have seen this strategy in action again.

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

April 26, 2018

A Movie as “New Evidence on Fake Chemical Attack” – Again

When the aim is not to inform but to disinform the audience, getting caught lying does not actually harm achieving these goals. This week both tactics and images were recycled to confuse the audience.

News and Analysis

May 04, 2017

The show must go on

Despite statements from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the incontrovertible laboratory results proving the use of sarin in the Khan Sheikhun area of southern Idlib in Syria, pro-Kremlin outlets kept to last week’s practice of muddying the waters with…

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

August 25, 2021

Modus Trollerandi Part 5: Provocations

In a series of articles, we will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation. Part 5: Provocations.