How Russian propaganda uses the victim-blaming strategy against Ukraine
Russian television viewers were recently told that Ukraine is solely responsible for all the casualties in the country’s…
How Russia uses dehumanizing disinformation as a weapon of the information war against Ukraine
Within the pro-Kremlin disinformation machinery, dehumanization is often used as a tool to denigrate in particular the Ukrainian…
Not just Ukraine in focus of Russian propaganda last week, Czechia and Germany in the spotlight too
Editor’s Note Last week as always, Ukraine was in the focus of Russian propaganda. Here are just a…
Fake concern about “fake news” is a part of Kremlin’s deception strategy
A crucial part of Russian propaganda is also deception game about serious counter-disinformation activities and faking the concern…
Week’s disinformation: NATO maneuvers “killed a child,” Ukraine to run “provocations” amid World Cup
Baltic brutality A dark image of the Baltic states was (again), painted in pro-Kremlin disinformation last week. Firstly,…
Irrelevant questions as a pro-Kremlin propaganda tool to distract the audience
An easy, fast and effective way to create disinforming content is to manipulate statistics and figures. And since…
World Cup Awareness: Five Things Worth Knowing About Propaganda in Russia
But along with the fans and the football players come the camera crews and the journalists, many of…
Week’s top Russian disinformation keywords: Genocide, Nazis, and the World Cup
This week, it was all about creating a smokescreen around one of the most important frontlines: Ukraine. As…
Kremlin plotted $130,500 online disinformation campaign in Kharkiv: Leaked emails
As reported by The Times, the emails were allegedly found in accounts linked to Inal Ardzinba, a Kremlin…
How Russian propaganda denies a suspected chemical attack in Syria
Three core messages Immediately after the reports of a suspected chemical attack in Syrian Douma appeared, Russia reignited…
Russian media have published 20 different narratives on Skripal poisoning
As British investigators probe the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, international consensus continues to…
Little green men: the annexation of Crimea as an emblem of pro-Kremlin disinformation
After Crimea, the world learned a new word of Russian origin, dezinformatsiya – in English: disinformation. The Kremlin forced to…
Behind the smokescreen: who are the actors spreading disinformation on ex-Russian spy Skripal?
Now, it is time to look behind the smokescreen that pro-Kremlin disinformation is puffing around. Who are the…
Fake Western experts as a propaganda tool on Russian TV
Last week, Russia’s state-controlled NTV invited an American expert to comment on how the US had reacted to President Putin’s annual address.…