How big is the Kremlin’s obsession with Ukraine? Spoiler: very big
Ukraine coverage in numbers In a discussion on Twitter initiated by Alexey Kovalyov, an editor at Meduza, commenters used the search function on…
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How a pro-Kremlin disinformation outlet tailors content to different European audiences
First the hard data: News Front was established in November 2014 at the web host reg.ru. It was visited…
The Kremlin’s cyber contractors. Their motives and risks
How the Kremlin recruits hackers By spreading its ideology of “spiritual moral values” combined with “patriotism” Moscow gains…
The globalization of information warfare
Information warfare (IW), including specific forms of it like disinformation and deep fakes, has become a global fact…
The EU’s “concentration camps” in Ukraine: A сase of proactive disinformation
In April 2015, the message “Guantanamo Near Donetsk: Ukraine has been building a concentration camp for the separatists” headlined a…
Hybrid War in Ukraine – predictions for 2019 and beyond
Does the Hybrid War actually work? In the aftermath of the first round of the presidential election in…
Russian propaganda declares capacity to hack computers through mind control
The Soviet military developed the concept of “metacontact” in the mid-’80s and it has since been successfully used…
Always blame the West! – And other disinformation trends of the week
The Elites vs. the Losers The narratives in this category seek to instill an inferiority complex in…
“We’re not on TV right now — we can tell the truth,” says Russian TV host off-air
In the middle of a live-streamed marathon coverage of Sunday’s elections in Ukraine, Russian state TV host Olga…
Analysis: Among presidential candidates Poroshenko is the key target of hate speech on “Russian Facebook” VK
Interestingly, the study by Internews Ukraine reveals that pro-Kremlin candidates were also subjected to mostly negative coverage, while Ukraine and…
Prime-time news show on Russian state TV: One lie per minute
However, Mr. Kiselyov’s statements were picked apart already on the following day in an article titled “Dmitry Kiselyov’s…
Crimean limbo: How low can Russian propaganda go?
Ahead of the 5th anniversary of Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, Russian state-funded RIA Novosti published an article…
“Ukraine will turn into a banana republic”: Ukrainian elections on Russian TV
Ukrainian presidential and parliamentary elections in 2019 will take place in the context of conventional and hybrid aggression…
Russian interference in Ukrainian elections: separating the wheat from the chaff
Russian narratives against Poroshenko and a strong desire to delegitimize elections It’s clear that Russia cares about Ukrainian…
The wooden anniversary of Crimean Annexation: Five years of lies, deception, abuse
Repeating lies year after year doesn’t make them suddenly true. The Collins Dictionary suggests the following synonyms for…
Moscow propaganda tries to hide that Kremlin interests and Russia’s are antithetical, Eidman says
Russian sociologist Igor Eidman has posted the second in a promised series of articles exposing the falsehoods contained…
Belarusian TV: 49% of prime-time content is Russian-made
For the week of 16-25 November 2018, the BAJ monitored prime-time content of the Belarusian TV channels that comprise…
Putin winning support from far right as well as far left with custom-targeted propaganda, Eidman says
In Soviet times, Moscow was able to attract support from the far left in other countries; but under…
Two important results of Ukraine’s ban of VKontakte Russian social network
The Ukrainian Law "On Sanctions" states that sanctions have been imposed in order “to protect the national security…
Two Ukrainian TV channels push Russian propaganda amid presidential election: report
StopFake's newest research analyzes the content of talk shows on two Ukrainian opposition TV channels, NewsOne and 112.…