“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…
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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 1. A polite poisoner The Navalny case is, of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Moscow presents US as sinking into chaos
Four years ago, in November 2016, Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election was celebrated in…
Vitaliy Markiv comes home as truth & justice prevail over covert Russian propaganda
The court of first instance of Pavia sentenced Markiv to 24 years in prison for alleged complicity in…
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…