Read also: The real reason the Kremlin will never completely disown the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact In late May, Aleksey Zhuravlyov, member of the Russian parliament, introduced a motion (ping) to denounce the Soviet Parliament’s...
Just a few weeks later, on the 11 June, the “netizens,” as active participants of online communities are called, delivered. Another YouTube video presented “continuous revelations from the netizens,” cataloging a “growing...
Dealing with disinformation is often psychologically draining – both for its creators as well as for those fighting against it. To be constantly immersed in lies and distortive half-truths, unmoored from reality, takes a toll on us all....
Last week’s cases take us on a frenzied ride through several topics that have been preoccupying the pro-Kremlin media over the last several weeks and months: coronavirus, protests, historical revisionism, MH17, Ukraine, NATO…...
This time, the kick-off came from the Twitter account of the Russian embassy in Estonia, sharing an article from Russia Beyond titled “Why the Baltic was a great place to live under the Soviets“. The article itself, based constructed...
Lack of trust Lack of trust was the key thesis of the 15 May 2020 online discussion. Anne Applebaum, American author and historian, stated that the line of political demarcation is no longer between dictatorships and democracies. The main...
With the US caught firmly in the global spotlight for the ongoing racial injustice protests sweeping the nation, pro-Kremlin media outlets are cynically using the opportunity to remind audiences about their favorite anti-American...
Organized protests “I am watching and I am happy …. The US is reaping what it sowed,” Russian Duma member Aleksei Zhuravlyov said on June 1 after the host of “60 Minutes”, a political talk-show aired on state-controlled...
Secret labs For years, pro-Kremlin disinformation sources have been exploiting the false trope of secret Western-sponsored military laboratories “in Russia’s neighbourhood”. Of these, the most significant is the case of the Lugar lab...
Racial injustice protests: a ploy for colour revolution Several cases this week attempt to link the protests with America’s supposed penchant for fomenting “colour revolutions” and meddling in the affairs of other states. For...
How can you brainwash people into believing what you want? Russia has it down to a science. In Soviet times, journalism and philology students studied spets, or combat propaganda – the art of sowing discord in the enemy’s ranks by...
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