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Russian hybrid war in Ukraine.
Kremlin media says the Kremlin does not interfere in Kremlin media
https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1099967061604945925 Before reminding ourselves of the way the Kremlin exercises its media control, let’s have a quick look…
Defensive disinformation: Moscow tries to frame the Salisbury attack as a comedy
Read also: Five ways Russia is generating a conspiracy smokescreen around the Skripal poisoning It seemed that everything that…
If Kremlin fails to bring pro-Russian politicians to power, Ukraine should brace for radical scenarios – Horbulin
“There will be no veterans of World War III.” Walter Mondale, former US Vice-President Events in 2018 have…
Russia-linked cyber attacks targeted 104 accounts of European think tanks
In total, 104 employee accounts in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, and Serbia were targeted via spear phishing campaigns designed…
Russian propaganda concocts “moral migration” from EU to Russia-occupied Crimea
A migrating story about moral migrants In order to support the claim about the alleged moral migrants, a…
Rash of arson attacks on Moscow Churches in Ukraine directed from Russia – SBU
When the arsons began As early as at the night of 6 February 2019, unknown persons set fire…
The hacked swastika info-op that reinforced antisemitic stereotypes about Ukraine
The LED stairs of the “Horodok” shopping mall in Kyiv lit up with a giant swastika for a…
Propaganda and disempowerment: media as a forum and as a tribune
The concept of the Forum is based on a horizontal exchange of ideas and views. In general, the media lends…
Five-year-long disinformation campaign didn’t make Crimea Russian
Contents Polite and green menChallenging disinformation with reportingStrategically challenging disinformationCrimea is not RussiaPolite and green men Heavily armed…
Fake: Russian propaganda claims 1/4 of Ukrainians fled Ukraine because of pro-NATO policy
The pro-Kremlin sources cited a member of the Ukrainian parliament from the Opposition Platform for Life party, who…
The hard fate of foreign Russia-lovers: Ksenia Kirillova on the Paul Whelan case
[editorial]The American Paul Whelan was arrested on 28 December in Moscow and accused of espionage. What stands out…
Russian propaganda outlets want freedom of deception, believe EU leads witch hunt against them
Attacking the EU Ambassador In a clear attempt to discredit the EU, the Russian online outlet News Front…
“An Unfounded Foundation”: How Russian-run fake Western thinktanks look like
Why hide it? Why are the managers of the site trying to hide the fact that the site…
Major Russian media are under the centralized control of the Kremlin, investigation shows
Contents “The control is total”“Instruction to completely pass under silence the protests”“And this can be ignored”Media managers and…
Why authoritarians love the concept of the big conspiracy
The concept is usually cultivated among die-hard conspiracy theorists, and it occasionally appears in popular culture. We find…
Russian propagandist invented 6 West-staged attempted revolutions in Belarus
[editorial]While Belarus risks to lose its sovereignty to Russia, a local pro-Russian propagandist claims that the West attempted to…
How to get a 146% election result: Background of Kremlin propaganda classic case explained
Instructions from the Kremlin Back in 2011, the official outcome of the elections to Russia’s parliament, the State…
How pro-Kremlin think tanks spread propaganda in the West
According to the paper, the critical element of Russia’s hybrid warfare is information warfare, defined as “a comprehensive…
How come a Russian military pundit is obsessed with the president of Lithuania?
On one single day, 16 January, Mr. Korotchenko published no fewer than 13 (thirteen!) tweets devoted to President Grybauskaitė. The president is…
Russian state TV illustrates foreigners’ comfortable life in Russia with American living in EU
“Americans Who Have Fled Their Country Tell About Life in Russia.” This was the title of a news…