January 30, 2020
Conspiratorial Virus
The pro-Kremlin media continues to target Poland, while the newly identified respiratory virus brings new opportunities for disinformation.
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October 11, 2018
Bring Back the Fifties and the Colorado Beetle!
On 17 July 1983, the legendary Operation INFEKTION was unleashed. A marginal left wing Indian newspaper Patriot published an anonymous letter: “AIDS may invade India: Mystery disease caused by US experiments.” Supported by Soviet press and a pseudoscientific report from East Germany, it later appeared in 80…
November 19, 2018
New York Times sheds light on decades-old tradition of Kremlin disinformation campaign
A three-series multimedia project by the New York Times reveals how current Kremlin disinformation campaigns stem from a long tradition of weaponizing information. Titled “Operation Infektion”, the series tells the story of a “political virus”, invented decades ago by the KGB to “slowly and methodically destroy its enemies from the…
March 25, 2020
Sputnik: Coronavirus Could be Designed to Kill Elderly Italians
In a time that calls for international cooperation to fight a common threat, Kremlin mouthpiece Sputnik chooses to spread disinformation about COVID-19.
March 02, 2023
‘Peace’ in the Service of War
Worn-out disinformation tropes cannot disguise the cynicism and real intentions behind the Kremlin’s Special ‘Peace’ Operation. Meanwhile, we witnessed another collusion between Chinese and Russian manipulative actions.
April 14, 2020
Figure of the Week: Three-in-ten
Coronavirus conspiracy theories are gaining traction with audiences: nearly three-in-ten Americans believe that COVID-19 was produced in a lab.
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.
November 03, 2020
Figure of the Week: 23%
Less than a quarter of Russians trust television as a source of information – a new record low since 2016.
April 07, 2020
Figure of the Week: 8000
The EUvsDisinfo database has now surpassed 8000 disinformation cases, covering over 20 languages and averaging about 60 new cases per week.
February 20, 2023
Twelve myths about Russia’s war in Ukraine exposed
Well before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, a constant flow of disinformation paved the way for Russian military aggression. We have tracked and exposed pro-Kremlin disinformation throughout the war. We expose 12 predominant myths about the war actively spread by the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem.