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How to (Not) Become a Target of Disinformation
Looking at disinformation examples from pro-Kremlin media this week, a clear hierarchy becomes visible: amongst the targets are many organisations, countries, and people that all share similar values....
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The Perpetual 1 April of the Kremlin Disinfo
1 April is globally celebrated as ”April Fools’ Day”; an international exercise in source criticism. Newsrooms attempt to fool the readers with false and outrageous stories – sometimes rather...
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Disinformation Build-Up: Pro-Kremlin Media Reinvigorate their Focus on Ukraine
Pro-Kremlin media spread disinformation to support the build-up of Russian troops and military equipment along Ukraine’s borders. In the times of a global infodemic, misleading information, conspiracy...
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All the things left unsaid
Russian state outlets have a years-long propensity to focus on how bad the situation is outside Russia, apparently wanting to inoculate Russian society against inspiration from liberal democracies....
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Spraying hate and slinging lies
Pro-Kremlin disinformation blurs the line between the digital realm and physical space, amplifying online images of graffiti to fuel offline anti-Semitism while trying to provoke discord and turmoil....
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Putin’s Pawns
Individuals and their fates do not interest the Kremlin, which just exploits them as disposable pawns in the Kremlin’s losing game. Last Tuesday 21 November, we commemorated the 10th anniversary of the...
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Prepare for winter
Winter has come to Ukraine. As Russia’s full-scale war enters the third cold period since February 2022, last weekend saw perhaps the most intense Russian drone attacks on civilian targets across...
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Crocodile tears, deflection, and projection
The Kremlin’s disinformation pundits seek the spotlight to recycle old narratives about the West threatening global security and stability in a classic case of deflection and projection of Russian...
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The Next in Line
The Kremlin liar-in-chief announces his regime will continue and his stooges find US biolabs wherever they look. At a staged event, Putin mumbled out an announcement to veterans and the wider public...
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Everybody else to blame
Amid all the ongoing wars and crises in the world, last Thursday, 14 December 2023 will go down as a good day, bringing much-needed hope to people not just in Ukraine and Moldova, but in Europe more...
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Groundhog Day of Evil
In Putin’s Russia, the calendar turns, but the story remains unchanged. A cycle of deception, oppression, moral decay, and futile military adventurism with countless losses rolls on. For many, the New...
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The Kremlin’s upside-down world in 2024
The year 2024 will be busy. Continuing from our disinfo review of last week, we present a short New Year’s overview of the main features of the Kremlin disinformation landscape as Russian society is...
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All roads lead to Poland
Poland, one of the staunchest supporters of Ukraine, has long been among the favourite targets of pro-Kremlin disinformers and past weeks have been no exception to the rule. Interestingly, Russia did...
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Cacophonous chorus of conniving voices
Once again, it has been a busy week for the Kremlin’s information manipulation purveyors. From planes crashing in Russia’s backyard to some EU countries displaying democratic behaviour such as freedom...
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Moscow’s many stories about EU support to Ukraine
Pro-Kremlin disinformers and manipulators have been busy this week focussing on the European Union. They blame, criticise, belittle, ridicule, smear, and launch personal attacks on high-level European...
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The Kremlin’s global spinnings
More reports are shining light on the Kremlin global disinformation ecosystem, which does not shy away from putting human lives in danger for petty power plays. Experts at the French VIGINUM agency,...
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Pyrrhic victories and crickets chirping in the graveyard
This week, the Kremlin’s steely gaze was affixed on Avdiivka, lauding the capture of this patch of scorched earth as a breakthrough victory. Meanwhile, the untimely death of a long-term critic and...
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Years of war
24 February was a sombre day marking two years of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. The war has also been a cyber and hybrid campaign soaked in disinformation and manipulation. 10...
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Force feeding fears and summoning bogeymen
Pro-Kremlin outlets continue to force-feed Russian audiences with illusionary fears, conjuring up non-existent enemies. All this to drum up war hysteria and invoke primal reactions, to be harnessed in...
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Putin’s re-election and the messages it brings
A lot has already been reported about the so-called presidential elections in Russia during 15-17 March. There were no surprises, and reactions from the EU and others offered clear condemnations of the...
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