Moscow again using and trapped by conspiracy theories to justify Russia’s fight against the West, anthropologist says
During the Cold War, the Soviets frequently used conspiracy theories to justify their confrontation with the West. The…
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Why anti-Western conspiracies have inundated Ukraine
Authors of the recent report entitled "Why Conspiratorial Propaganda Works and What We Can Do About It" have…
This week Russian propaganda continued its repetitive denial on MH17, Skripal, meddling in US election
“Russia did not… (and anyway, there is no proof)” In addition to these old classics, this week brought…
Six years of MH17 lies: the Kremlin is losing its own game
The most recent example came earlier this month when the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs praised a book,…
Newspeak as editorial policy: the Kremlin goes Orwellian on Orwell
A key concept in Nineteen Eighty-Four is “Newspeak.” A language designed by the novel’s IngSoc [English Socialist] Party…
The secret labs conspiracy: Russian propaganda’s converging narrative
Just a few weeks later, on the 11 June, the “netizens," as active participants of online communities are…
COVID-19 conspiracies, WWII revisionism, schadenfreude at US protests: Russian propaganda last week
Last week’s cases take us on a frenzied ride through several topics that have been preoccupying the pro-Kremlin…
An anti-American bandwagon: Russian propaganda focused on the US last week
With the US caught firmly in the global spotlight for the ongoing racial injustice protests sweeping the nation,…
“Let’s get the popcorn ready” – Russian tv covers US protests
Organized protests “I am watching and I am happy […]. The US is reaping what it sowed,” Russian…
Secret labs and George Soros: Kremlin’s COVID-19 disinformation in the EU Eastern Partnership countries
Secret labs For years, pro-Kremlin disinformation sources have been exploiting the false trope of secret Western-sponsored military laboratories…
Racial injustice protests and coronovirus conspiracies in focus of Russian propaganda this week
Racial injustice protests: a ploy for colour revolution Several cases this week attempt to link the protests with…
US protests in Russian propaganda: “A red, white and blue All-American Maidan”
One of the most influential Russian English-language outlets is SouthFront. EUvsDisinfo has described how the outlet can be…
How pro-Kremlin outlets employed Satan to prop up disinformation efforts
Fort Russ News is a US-based website, established by a think tank in Serbia and with a strong…
Ukraine risks losing US support as Zelenskyy steps into scandal cooked against Biden
Russian Orthodox Church's KGBist Andrii Derkach was born and raised in the city of Dniptopetrovsk (now Dnipro). In…
Russian propaganda keeps disseminating COVID-19 conspiracies
Few developments in recent history have so suddenly and ruthlessly laid bare the vulnerabilities and fragility of contemporary…
COVID-19 narratives high but declining, Ukraine on the rise in Russian propaganda
As EUvsDisinfo wrote last week, the pro-Kremlin media is slowly turning away from the virus and it seems…
New stories, old plots: how pro-Kremlin disinfo outlets capitalize on COVID-19 outbreak
The first case in the Disinformation Database with this claim was detected 29 January, when Russian news agency…
Vaccine hesitancy and pro-Kremlin opportunism: top-5 COVID-19 conspiracies
The anti-vaxxer trope saw notable growth, beginning in mid-March when several pro-Kremlin outlets published an article from the…
EU watchdog for disinformation debunks 8,000 cases in 6 years
It likely comes as no surprise that a significant proportion of these latest thousand cases relates to the…
Curve of Russian propaganda on coronavirus goes up, narratives recur and multiply
Lies are easier to remember if you stick to the same stories. Professional journalists need to check facts,…