Fake: Coronavirus Sent from Above as Ukraine’s Retribution for Donbas
The coronavirus is Ukraine’s retribution for the Donbas war sent from above, it is a reckoning for the country’s sins, claims the pro-Kremlin publication...
Coronavirus: BBC challenges Pro-Kremlin reporting from Italy
By EU vs Disinfo
Moscow’s help to Italy in connection with the coronavirus has been covered extensively, both in international and in Russian media.
In Russia,...
Throwing coronavirus disinfo at the wall to see what sticks
By EU vs Disinfo
The EUvsDisinfo database has been accumulating coronavirus-related disinformation cases for more than two months – it’s time to take a look...
Disinformation, opportunism, and gaslighting: COVID-19 as a vector for Chinese influence in Central Europe
By Louis Cox-Brusseau, for CEPA
The outbreak of COVID-19 has starkly exposed most countries’ unpreparedness for combating a global pandemic. Geopolitical weaknesses, too, are laid...
Fake: Bundestag Calls for Lifting Russia Sanctions to Fight COVID-19
Pro-Kremlin media are using the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason to call for the lifting of Russia sanctions, claiming the sanctions are not working...
Fake: Accusing Kremlin of Disinformation, EU and US Hide Pandemic Failures
Reacting to EU and US accusations that Moscow had launched a large scale disinformation campaign about the COVID-19 pandemic Russian media accused the West...
Figure of the week: 203
By EU vs Disinfo
Facebook and Instagram have removed a total of 203 accounts
linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency that were operating out of...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: How is the Chinese Communist Party manipulating the global pandemic?
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Putin's Chef threatens to the U.S. with a lawsuit while the U.S. senators urge the EU to put him on...
Coronavirus in Russia: Independent journalists call the bluff
By EU vs Disinfo
For good reasons, independent Russian journalists are in a better
position than many others to see through the pro-Kremlin disinformation
campaigns.
What...
The news media sounded the alarm on coronavirus for months — but few listened....
“It’s clear that the public’s lack of trust in journalism generally mirrors the public’s lack of trust in coronavirus journalism specifically.”...