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December 12, 2019

Disinformation Review: A State of Panic

One element that strikes anyone who is following pro-Kremlin media is an omnipresent state of fear, anxiety, panic, anguish… Everything is sinking, breaking down, crumbling to pieces. This week's cases of disinformation is a catalogue of Kremlin's horrors

News and Analysis

March 09, 2020

Occupy the Information Space!

Russian military theorists emphasise the need to produce pre-emptively shaped narratives to get an advantage in handling important communication challenges. This approach is highly visible in the pro-Kremlin media's disinformation efforts on the eve of the MH17 trial in the Netherlands.

Disinformation Review

June 03, 2021

The World of Hate: How the Pro-Kremlin Media Continue to Justify the Forced Diversion of a Ryanair Flight

Pro-Kremlin disinformation continues its efforts to justify the forced diversion and landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk.

Disinformation Review

May 25, 2023

False Dawn: Heimat Left Vulnerable

Kremlin propagandists have declared Bakhmut ‘liberated’ even though it has been reduced to rubble. Plumes of smoke rising across a homeland left undefended may yet turn their premature joy into mourning.

News and Analysis

April 12, 2021

Sacrificing Lives Defending “Family Values”

Russia is among the European countries with the largest spread of HIV. According to official statistics, over 32.000 Russian citizens died from HIV in 2020. Now, Russia is retracting from a UN program on combatting HIV.

Disinformation Review

June 13, 2019

False Friends

The One with All the Values

News and Analysis

June 01, 2020

The Malthusian Straw Men

"Bill Gates Wants to Depopulate the Planet" - this claim is an example of a "Straw Man". A straw man is a rhetorical trick, used in polemical debate. You attack your opponent, refuting arguments, views or ideas never expressed by the opponent. This means of argumentation is frequently at play by pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets.

News and Analysis

January 15, 2020

Admitting a Lie: Why the Kremlin Should Give it a Try

Will Tehran's confession to shooting down Flight PS752 inspire Moscow to tell the truth about Flight MH17?

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

March 31, 2022

Do Not Resist the Liberation

Russia readjusts the goals of its “special military operation” and frames the war as a “liberation” while the disinformation onslaught against Ukraine continues.