EU East StratCom Task Force

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The EU’s East StratCom Task Force was set up by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini in 2015, in response to a request from all 28 EU Heads of Government to “address Russia’s ongoing disinformation campaigns”. It is a team of eleven communications and Russian language experts, who also seek to improve communication on EU policies towards the Eastern Neighbourhood and to strengthen media plurality in the region, especially in the Russian language. The Task Force’s flagship products are its weekly Disinformation Review of pro-Kremlin disinformation stories and its social media accounts @EUvsDisinfo and EU vs Disinformation.

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Hushing up is also lying: this week’s pro-Kremlin disinformation

Sometimes, what is not lied about is revealing. Seven years ago last week, a Russian military unit shut down Malaysian…

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Disinformation on the UN Charter as a tool of Russian imperialism

Other false claims concern “UN bias” and the UN as a “channel for Russophobia.” Still, the UN Charter…

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This week’s pro-Kremlin disinformation: Ukraine, HMS Defender, See Breeze 2021

Summer steam While summer is upon us, accompanied by scorching heatwaves in several parts of the globe, including in…

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Kremlin propaganda spreads divisions between Hungarians and Ukrainians by exploiting century-old Treaty of Trianon

The most effective disinformation efforts are tailored to the specific circumstances of particular countries and regions, exploiting existing…

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Russian propaganda denigrating Belarusian dissident Pratasevich kidnapped by Lukashenka

The pro-Kremlin ecosystem has established its talking points on Lukashenka’s act of, in the words of the CEO…

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Kremlin security boss dates back roots of “West’s Russophobia” to times of czar Ivan the Terrible

The database offers a plethora of colorful examples. Russian state radio Vesti FM suggests that Russia is the Jews…

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Moscow speaking: the endless list of the Kremlin’s enemies

The said list, initiated by a Presidential decree, is meant to serve as a basis to prohibit certain countries…

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“West’s attack on Russia”: Russian propaganda’s universal explanation of everything

But what looks like a complicated global situation, is, from the perspective of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets, very simple:…

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Soviet Chornobyl-times instinct to lie still omnipresent in Russian propaganda

While Russia has declared a withdrawal from its vast military presence at Ukraine’s borders, Ukraine continues to dominate the flow…

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“Dropping rumor bombs in Ukraine”: Russia’s building up disinformation around its military build-up

Preventively shaped narratives In 2019, the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, a Kremlin-funded think tank, published the essay “Securing Information…