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…
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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…
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…
A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 5: Reflexive Control
Fake news and disinformation receive most of the attention of western security institutions when it comes to examining…
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…
Baltics call for unified European ‘frontline’ against Russian disinformation
In light of the three Baltic States’ and other Central and Eastern European countries’ continued struggle against Russian…