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…
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In the shadow of revised history: Kremlin’s war on remembrance continues
Attacking the local authorities in Prague, the pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets chose to ignore the historical facts, as they…
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,…
Russia keeps throwing coronavirus disinformation at the wall to see what sticks
Comparing the cases on the coronavirus published between January 22 and March 25 with the caseload from this…
Russian propaganda spreads conspiracy that coronavirus could be designed to kill elderly Italians
A Sputnik article published on 15 March promoted an entire catalog of unfounded theories about the origin of…
Disinformation that can kill: coronavirus-related narratives of Kremlin propaganda
This dangerous game has gone on for two months now. The first piece of disinformation we recorded on…
Disinformation websites earn $76 million per year in Europe thanks to ad tech companies, research reveals
New research by the Global Disinformation Index has produced the findings, estimating that more than $76 million in…
Research reveals how Russia-linked social media accounts targeted 2020 US elections
The research comes from professor Young Mie Kim of the University of Wisconsin, who started analyzing posts on…
The Kremlin and its disinformation about coronavirus: when confusion is the message
In one pro-Kremlin outlet, we read that the coronavirus is less harmful than seasonal influenza: "The great COVID-19…
Disinformation mash-up: MH17, coronavirus, Russophobia, Ukraine
This week’s cases are a useful lesson in the opportunism and adaptability of the Kremlin’s disinformation machine, as…
Russia that annexed Crimea says Western countries have territorial claims to Russia
"Smells like Crimea" “In the West, voices are heard that we need to review the results of the…
The Baltic Pipe case: disinformation at the service of the Kremlin’s energy policy
A new gas supply corridor is under construction in the European energy market. The Baltic Pipe – a…
Sanctions on the spotlight: Disinformation targets Latvia
Starting from December, pro-Kremlin outlets have been targeting Latvia and accusing it of Russophobia and of acting as…
80 years ago Stalin deported German anti-fascist, communist, Jewish refugees to Hitler
The pact with Stalin made it possible for Germany to unleash a military attack on Poland just one…
Disinformation sharpened tensions between Serbia and Montenegro as media misrepresented religion freedom law
The adoption of the Law on Freedom of Religion enacted by the Montenegrin Parliament on 27 December 2019…
This week’s pro-kremlin disinformation desperation: MH17 and WWII
A few weeks from now, on March 9th, the District Court of the Hague will begin the criminal…