Russia’s EU rep rewrites Cold War history with bogus conspiracy theories
By Polygraph
Vladimir ChizhovRussia’s Permanent Representative to the EU“... American Plan Totality developed on the personal order of Harry Truman after the atomic bombings of...
The Kremlin’s numbers racket
By Brian Whitmore, for CEPA
A Persistent and Prolific Propaganda Machine Meets a Deadly Global Pandemic. Now What Happens?
Despite sharing a 4,200-kilometer (2,600-mile) border with China,...
The Belarusian approach to the outbreak
By EU vs Disinfo
Belarus’ defiant attitude towards the COVID-19 outbreak has caught the world’s attention. While most other European countries – including Russia –...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: The Kremlin’s revisionism of WWII history
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FB spotted and took down accounts linked to influence ops based in Russia, Iran, Georgia, US, Mauritania and Myanmar
Russia sides with China...
EEAS Special Report update: short assessment of narratives and disinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic...
By EU vs Disinfo
Note: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities...
“Not funny at all”
By EU vs Disinfo
Bill Gates-bashing is back in the COVID-19 narrative on Russian state-controlled TV, paired with anti-vaccine messaging.
One would have hoped that the recent...
Boosted by Russia, a viral video falsely claims Italy wants Bill Gates arrested
By Polygraph
YouTube/Social media video"Italian Government call for arrest of Bill Gates."Source: YouTube, May 14, 2020FALSE
On May 14, the YouTube channel “prisoners0fprogress” posted a video captioned “Italian...
Fake: Survey Shows Ukrainians Liked Living in the USSR
Russian propaganda has found a new source of fakes, now informal polls from Telegram accounts are presented as insightful news that portrays a real...
Secret labs and George Soros: COVID-19 disinformation in the EU Eastern Partnership countries
By EU vs Disinfo
As COVID-19 spread across the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, conspiracy theories, misleading information and disinformation followed in its wake. For pro-Kremlin media,...
Fake: Crimean Tatars “Owe Stalin”
While Ukraine and Crimean Tatar Diasporas throughout the world commemorated Crimean Tatar Deportation Remembrance Day on May 18, Russian bots and trolls launched yet...