Yermak’s earlier giveaways come back to haunt Zelenskyy and Ukraine
Russia abandoned the ceasefire in Ukraine’s east in early February (see EDM, February 18) and persists with low-intensity…
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Moscow’s reasons behind the resumed fighting in Donbas
Following the latest round of consultations of political advisors within the so-called Normandy format (Ukraine, Russia, France, Germany),…
Russia starts a new wave of disinformation on sanctions
The disinformation related to EU sanctions is not a new phenomenon. There are 420 cases on sanctions in…
Clinging to “Eternal Russia”: disinformation of the week
Inevitability and eternity Time is one of the most fascinating concepts the mind has come up with. How…
Grasping at straws: how the pro-Kremlin media tried to legitimize the illegal annexation of Crimea
“Among the many different examples of factually wrong claims that have come out of the Kremlin and media…
Kremlin’s propaganda in the year of the bull
According to the Chinese zodiac, 12 February 2021 marked the beginning of the Year of the Bull. The…
The culture of resentment revisited: this week’s Russian propaganda
“The Russian word обида – obida – umbrage, resentment, pouting, holding a grudge – has become a core element…
“Who’s afraid of Russophobia”: this week’s Russian disinformation review
Life is tough when the whole world is pitted against you, or when you think that it is.…
From the Kremlin without love: disinformation review
This was a busy week for the pro-Kremlin media: besides fending off imaginary “Anglo-Saxon” provocations and disclosing evil…
Russian propaganda’s techniques: flooding the mind with hyperboles
A recent Oxford University study also sheds light on those that spread disinformation. It found that RT TV channel, a super…
The ‘Wagner Affair’ in Belarus and its implications for Ukraine
At the end of last year, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (June 2014–May 2019) announced in an interview…
Manufactured support: Kremlin’s pocket journos and Western voices to spread disinformation
Outlets Pretending to be Western Pro-Kremlin media outlets recycle the conspiratorial musings of sympathetic Western bloggers, falsely implying…
The Kremlin and the art of pointing fingers: national whataboutism as Russia’s state ideology
[boxright] A guide to Russian propaganda. Part 2: Whataboutism [/boxright] “Whataboutism” is a rhetorical device to deflect attention…
Fake it until you break it: pro-Kremlin disinformation’s six deception tricks
Dr. Barton Whaley, a former expert of military-political deception, created a well-known typology of perception. The underlying assumption: it…
Pro-Kremlin media engaged in Sputnik V vaccine’s offensive marketing in Eastern Partnership countries
Read also: Secret labs and George Soros: Kremlin’s COVID-19 disinformation in the EU Eastern Partnership countries (June 2020)…
“Carthage must be destroyed”: case study on Kremlin’s attack on democracy
For more than a decade pro-Kremlin propaganda outlets have sought to promote in Europe new ideologies hostile to…
Journalist launches own media on Donbas to remind world of Russia’s war
Andriy Dubchak came to journalism from the world of IT. Being familiar with new technologies, he became the…
“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…
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…
