August 31, 2020
C’mon, Let’s Ignore!
The English-language segment of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets is surprisingly indifferent towards the ongoing events in Belarus.
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July 09, 2020
Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Keeps Ignoring Basic Facts on Syria
EU sanctions on Syria have been a favourite target of disinformation from Russia and pro-Kremlin media to discredit the EU’s action in and policy towards Syria. This week we devote the Disinformation Review largely to disinformation on Syria, EU policies and the sanctions regime.
December 16, 2021
The Kremlin’s main target of disinformation…
Ukraine is the main target in Kremlin’s disinformation. Since 2014, massive efforts continue to cover up Russia’s occupation of Crimea, military support to separatists in Donbas and defamation of the Kyiv government. Attempts to re-write history and distort uncomfortable facts are directed at Russian or Ukrainian-speaking groups as well as audiences in Europe, in the Arab world and beyond. All tailor-made for impact.
February 17, 2022
More than 1,000 prisoners in Belarus are not enough for regime media
Creating the “Public Enemy”: how regime media in Belarus praise rampant repression as the number of political prisoners balloons.
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.
January 31, 2023
In Belarus, Nobel Prize laureate and opposition leaders on trial as repression hardens
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (in absentia) and Ales Bialiatski are on trial in Belarus as methods to suppress citizens’ civic and political engagement are becoming ever crueller.
November 30, 2018
How do we defend ourselves against the disinformation virus? Final episode of the New York Times series
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…
September 14, 2020
Who Benefits from ”Cui Bono”?
“Cui Bono” – or “who benefits” – is a concept regularly used by the pro-Kremlin media to create an impression of powerful external forces conspiring against Russia.
February 14, 2024
Belarus: Militarisation of minors
Militarisation of minors in Belarus has been part of the regime’s response to the 2020-2021 protests. In parallel with large-scale repression, authorities introduced a broad set of measures to ideologically indoctrinate and militarise minors as part of schooling.
October 12, 2017
Time for the ninth MH17 disinformation round
The most absurd lies on Ukraine have a multi-year track-record in the pro-Kremlin disinformation operation.