Friday, May 8, 2026

Some of the Most Basic Safeguards Against Russian Information Manipulation Are Still Missing –...

By EUvsDisinfo Keir Giles is a British writer, an expert on the Russian military and Russian disinformation. He has written and commented on the geopolitical...

Fake: One in Four Swedish Women Experiences Rape; the Country’s Government is Focused Only...

The statistics spread by propagandists are outdated and manipulative. The high rate of rape in Sweden is mainly caused by the fact that women...

Fake: Odesa and Mykolaiv Were “Created by Russian People”

Historical records, both Ukrainian and international, indicate that neither Odesa nor Mykolaiv arose “from scratch,” as the Kremlin asserts. Instead, both cities developed over...

Controlled Questions, Crafted Lies: Inside Putin’s Year-End Messaging Machine

By EUvsDisinfo On 19 December 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again appeared on his annual televised call-in programme, ‘Direct Line with Vladimir Putin’, answering questions...

Fake: EU Has Been Using Frozen Russian Assets for Over a Year — Bellingcat

Neither the Financial Times nor Bellingcat has published such an investigation. A video with the Financial Times logo about a Bellingcat investigation is circulating online:...

Fake: Ukraine Deceptively Recruits South Africans

Citizens of South Africa have been unlawfully recruited into Russia’s occupation forces and deployed to fight against Ukraine. According to available data, at least...

‘Putin Is Lying’: Zelenskyy Visits Front to Expose False Claims of Russian Gains

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the invasion of Ukraine is going entirely according to plan, with Russian troops advancing everywhere...

From “Journalism” to FIMI: EU Sanctions Diana Panchenko

By EUvsDisinfo The European Union has adopted a new round of sanctions aimed at countering Russia’s ongoing hybrid threats, including foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) and...

Manipulation: Ukraine Banned Music in Russian

In Ukraine, Russian-language music remains legal. The current debate centers on the potential removal of Russian performers who publicly supported Moscow’s illegal invasion from...

Manipulation: Ukraine’s NATO Bid No Longer Under Discussion, Kallas Says

Kallas was not referring to abandoning Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, but rather to interim security arrangements to protect the country pending accession or in the...