No, Putin’s compadre shouldn’t be allowed to run propagandist TV in Ukraine
On 2 February 2021, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enabled the decision of the National Security and Defense Council…
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Russian hybrid war in Ukraine.
Where Putin’s media-wielding men in Ukraine get their money
In the late evening of 2 February 2021, Ukraine was shaken by the unexpected -- though long-discussed --…
Fake it until you break it: pro-Kremlin disinformation’s six deception tricks
Dr. Barton Whaley, a former expert of military-political deception, created a well-known typology of perception. The underlying assumption: it…
Vaccines Against European integration: how coronavirus became part of the information war
Russian MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova recently stated that the “vaccine war” had begun. It is a typical Kremlin…
Pro-Kremlin media engaged in Sputnik V vaccine’s offensive marketing in Eastern Partnership countries
Read also: Secret labs and George Soros: Kremlin’s COVID-19 disinformation in the EU Eastern Partnership countries (June 2020)…
“Carthage must be destroyed”: case study on Kremlin’s attack on democracy
For more than a decade pro-Kremlin propaganda outlets have sought to promote in Europe new ideologies hostile to…
“Neo-liberalism”: the Kremlin’s new favorite strawman
The rhetorical means of straw men is the Kremlin’s go-to trick in any polemical debate. A straw man is the…
30 years of “color revolutions”: historical revisionism of Russian propaganda
An otherwise mediocre mouthpiece of state-sponsored pro-Kremlin disinformation, “BaltNews” did something remarkable last November. In just one headline…
A happy New Year and some sad old tropes: Russian propaganda of first days of 2021
Read also: Over 3000 Russian propaganda cases registered by EU disinformation watchdog in 2020 The War on Sputnik…
Russian disinformation in 2020: top embarrassing moments
Read also: Ten embarrassing moments in Russian disinformation of 2019 Contents 1. A polite poisoner 2. The vile…
Disinformation figures of the year 2020: from 16 to 117 million
A recurring theme in EU vs Disinfo's Figure of the Week section this year was Facebook taking down accounts…
Over 3000 Russian propaganda cases registered by EU disinformation watchdog in 2020
2020 is finally almost over. For many, this has been a challenging year, which brought not only a global pandemic…
Subtle art of information manipulation: misleading headlines as Russian propaganda tool
[boxright] From English into Russian into Czech: re-translation as a Russian propaganda’s manipulation tool [/boxright] A Moldova-based fact-checking…
Elves to fight pro-Kremlin trolls now in Ukraine
Elves are not only characters from fiction books. This network of activists, who have chosen a fantasy name…
What did not happen in 2020: Russian propaganda top absurdities of the year
True to tradition, we bring our what-did-not-happen-this-year list. It demonstrates the lavish collection of literally unbelievable events and…
Top pro-Kremlin fakes about Christmas 2020
And it is the season for Christmas Disinformation Cases! All the cozy little lies about Europe, canceling Christmas, repeated…
From information laundering to influence: Russia’s footprints in Germany
Information laundering is a process within an information influence campaign. Through the process of ‘laundering’ hostile actors try…
Descent into the Mariupol disinformation maelström
Many Mariupolitans not only identify themselves as Soviet but also believe in many myths distributed by Russian propaganda.…
Russia’s self-victimization as propaganda tool for evading responsibility: disinformation review
A clear example of this is the poisoning of the Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Pro-Kremlin media writes…
From information laundering to influence activities: Russia’s footprints in Nordic-Baltic countries
It begins with an explanation of how narratives can be understood in the context of strategic communication, followed…