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March 27, 2020

The Community of Collapse

While European institutions, EU member states, and international organisations attempt to protect the public from the COVID-19 outbreak, pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets and related conspiracy sites are engaging in a blame game.

News and Analysis

April 19, 2022

Pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets referenced by hundreds of Wikipedia articles

Though by far the biggest of its kind, far too little is known about Wikipedia’s vulnerability to information manipulation.

News and Analysis

April 01, 2020

EEAS SPECIAL REPORT UPDATE: Short Assessment of Narratives and Disinformation Around the COVID-19 Pandemic

Note: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities related to COVID-19. It does not provide a comprehensive or complete overview and focusses primarily on the external dimension, in line with the EEAS mandate. The report…

News and Analysis

January 03, 2022

DISINFORMATION IN 2021: TOP EMBARRASSING MOMENTS

Web of lies spun by the pro-Kremlin outlets are often intricate. However, sometimes clumsy mistakes are made. We have collected 10 examples from 2021 where pro-Kremlin sources were caught in the act of producing absurd, way-over-the-top and particularly embarrassing disinformation.

Disinformation Review

April 13, 2023

Waiting for another offensive

Amidst the heavy fighting in Ukraine, Moscow and Minsk are drumming up the feeling of several looming offensives from its enemies: in Ukraine, towards Belarus, or NATO into Russia via Finland.

News and Analysis

March 10, 2021

The Kremlin in the Year of the Bull

The Year of the Bull has started, and EUvsDisinfo offers a prognosis of what bull we might expect from Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Guest content

March 06, 2023

‘Sanctions do not work’: Russian disinformation narratives about sanctions in the EU, in Ukraine, and in Russia itself

Removing sanctions would immensely benefit the Kremlin. That is why its disinformation network produces lies and conspiracies with the goal of sowing discord and giving the impression that sanctions are ineffective.

News and Analysis

October 06, 2021

Schadenfreude Turned into Concern – Afghanistan and What Now in Central Asia?

Russian Schadenfreude over the US’s “defeat by the Taliban” is now mixed with concerns for insecurity in Central Asia, Russia’s “soft underbelly”. The Soviet Union’s withdrawal in 1989 is hailed as orderly, almost like half a victory.

News and Analysis

March 22, 2023

EUvsDisinfo in conversation with Bill Browder

EUvsDisinfo talks to Bill Browder about disinformation, what it takes to keep up the fight against corruption and abuse and how to hold Russia accountable

News and Analysis

March 18, 2020

“If You Want to Know, You Can Know”

Nataliya Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian journalist and the author of a new book about Crimea. Six years after Russia's illegal annexation, she discusses the problem of disinformation; how it affects the local population and what can be done to challenge it.