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…
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Volodymyr Horbulin: Seven steps to defeat Russia in the wars of the future
Step 1. Ukraine’s military and political leadership must realize that modern warfare is very different from the war…
Ukraine is back in the focus of pro-Kremlin media: disinformation review
A chapter in the recent study by NATO StratCom COE lists and compares narratives that were pushed by the…
“We’re all living in America”: this week’s Russian disinformation
One narrative claims Joe Biden, when inaugurated, will continue the demonization of Russia. He even swore to work actively against Russia. Moreover,…
“Tallies from the crypt”: Russian propaganda’s conspiracies on voting fraud in US
And honestly, no newsroom in the world can ignore a report that claims to have data on such…
The Kremlin and its alleged rise of zombie voters in US: propaganda review
Russian state TV declares, entirely without foundation, that 1.8 million dead voters took part in the election. And…
Information and psychological Russian operations target relations between Poland and Ukraine
Info OPS Polska Foundation was established for the implementation of projects aimed at ensuring the safety of the…
Elections in Europe and beyond remain a target of Pro-Kremlin disinformation: this week’s disinfo review
Let us start with Moldova. According to pro-Kremlin media, the US is allegedly preparing the opposition for mass…
This week’s Russian propaganda: Ukraine to smuggle Russian vaccine via EU as British vaccine turns people into monkeys
First, some big news. Six real sandworms and fake monkey vaccines On Monday the US Justice Department indicted…
From English into Russian into Czech: re-translation as a Russian propaganda’s manipulation tool
From seed to harvest The prestigious foreign media outlets don’t make a habit of seizing on and supporting…
Russian disinformation activities accompanying the MH17 trial
The Dutch newspaper NRC reported recently that a day before the start of the MH17 process, a conference…
The ghosts of the Kremlin’s past: this week’s targets of Russian propaganda
The profound sense of bitterness and resentment about the past is a core element of pro-Kremlin myths. It…
Pro-Kremlin disinformation is often able to influence people’s opinions, research shows
The research by Thomas Zerback (University of Zurich) and Florian Töpfl (Free University of Berlin), shows that forged…
Russian filmmaker falsifies fake forgery to call Belarusian crowds computer-generated
No one can doubt Mr. Mikhalkov’s professionalism. He is certainly one of Russia’s most internationally acknowledged film professionals.…
Repetition and runaway selection: pro-Kremlin disinformation this week
Navalny, the story continues, literally The flooding of the information space with conspiracy theories related to the poisoning…
Russian propaganda made up camps for Middle East refugees in Georgia: case of a forged letter
The beginning Our research shows that the disinformation campaign began on 24 August 2020 in a French-language blog.…
Belarusian journalists on strike replaced by Russia’s RT strike-breakers
Journalists at the Belarusian State Channels started a strike on 17 August. Alyaksandr Lukashenka reacted with almost immediately…
Salisbury all over again: novichok in trends of Russian propaganda
In a striking case of déja vu, pro-Kremlin media is seeking to muddy the waters surrounding the suspected…
Belarusian, Russian state-run media tweak disinformation narratives to conform them to each other
The initial awkward “wrinkles”, like when the Belarusian state media claimed that Russian Wagner group militants traveled to…
Russia’s English-language disinformation outlets disregard developments in Belarus
“C’mon, let’s ignore!” The English-language segment of pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets is surprisingly indifferent towards the ongoing events in…