July 15, 2016
Sputnik's lines on NATO
Sputnik is spreading a narrative about NATO as an aggressive organisation. Warsaw is titled a 'Summit of Lies'.
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May 30, 2017
"RT and Sputnik have acted as spreaders of propaganda and lies"
President Macron's public statements about disinformation showed how societies can successfully stand up against this problem by calling it out for what it is. After this, the pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign in France cannot be considered a success.
May 17, 2018
Combined Efforts of Fancy Bears, Russia Today and Sputnik: Hack and Accuse
This week, we saw two disinformation tools combined: hacking and accusations that Western authorities are hiding problems.
November 12, 2021
Sputnik Srbija Piggy-Backing on Local Outlets
Russian state-funded outlets such as Sputnik Srbija have a rather weak position on the media market of the Western Balkans, but they successfully spread pro-Kremlin narratives through local media. This is one of the key findings of a recent study on the information environment in the Western Balkans.
October 01, 2021
Sputnik and RT Expand Social Media Presence to Telegram
Different language versions of RT and Sputnik have created 30+ Telegram channels and have been actively promoting some of them for months.
January 21, 2020
Sputnik: Revising History One Infographic at a Time
Every year as Lithuania marks its Freedom Defenders’ day, the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine springs into motion.
June 21, 2021
A (New) Sputnik Has Been (Re)born
After closing its business on 31 December 2019, Sputnik is back in Estonia. But this time, it’s different.
June 14, 2019
How Serbian Sputnik Infiltrated a Disinformation Hub in Bosnia And Herzegovina
Although most of the sources of political disinformation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are local media, a large disinformation hub is formed by an alarmingly high number of media from neighbouring countries, potentially used by foreign political actors.
April 01, 2017
Sputnik's short-lived presence in the Slovak press agency
French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron could be a US agent, and Angela Merkel takes selfies with terrorists. Ukrainians are fascists who celebrate Easter with Swastikas, who, together with Nazi Germany, invented the Holodomor hoax, and who shot down MH17. 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.
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.
September 11, 2017
Three Things You Should Know About RT and Sputnik
RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik are the two foreign language flagships of Russia’s campaign to influence international public opinion. Both outlets present themselves as media that provide alternative views to the mainstream in international news reporting. However, before accepting this premise, three fundamental differences between these outlets and what is…
March 04, 2022
The Kremlin’s weapons of deception: 7 things you need to know about RT and Sputnik
The European Union has adopted sanctions against RT and Sputnik. These are seven things you need to know about the Kremlin's weapons of deception.
December 04, 2020
Pro-Kremlin media as a marketing tool: promoting Sputnik V vaccine in Latin America
Promoting Sputnik V vaccine to Latin American audiences pro-Kremlin media follow a disciplined approach: heavy coverage of the growing global COVID-19 infection rates is followed with constant messaging about the successes of the Sputnik V vaccine and failures of other vaccine producers.
May 26, 2020
Sputnik Srbija Narratives Fuel East-West Division in Western Balkans, NATO STRATCOM Report Finds
Sputnik Srbija emphasises division in the Western Balkans, presenting pro-Western forces as ‘weak’ and ‘corrupt’, aiming to subordinate their neighbours.