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…
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Russia’s “ping pong” policy on Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Read also: The real reason the Kremlin will never completely disown the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact In late May, Aleksey…
A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 6: Spetspropaganda, the secret Soviet art of brainwashing
How can you brainwash people into believing what you want? Russia has it down to a science. In…
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…
This week’s Russian propaganda: “Facebook uses Ukrainian nazis to fight Russia,” and other absurdities
Dealing with disinformation is often psychologically draining – both for its creators as well as for those fighting…
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…
Russian embassy calls Baltic States privileged under Soviet occupation
This time, the kick-off came from the Twitter account of the Russian embassy in Estonia, sharing an article…
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…
Turns out Putin’s man in Ukraine co-owns country’s most popular TV channel
Viktor Medvedchuk is an openly pro-Russian politician who heads the political council of the party "Opposition Platform -…
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…
Back to basics: Ukraine, revisionism, Russophobia top Kremlin’s propaganda narratives again
That’s not to say that we’ve seen the last of coronavirus-related disinformation – far from it. COVID-19 will…
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…
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…
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…
Stalin-era city names to be used in occupied Donetsk, Luhansk as part of “great victory” cult
"Voroshilovgrad" and "Stalino" On 16 April, Leonid Pasechnik, head of the Russian occupation administration of Luhansk, signed a…