Fake: Kyiv Preparing PR Attack on Crimea to Disrupt Tourist Season
The Ukrainian government is preparing an information attack aimed at occupied Crimea with the goal of disrupting the peninsula’s tourist season, Russian and Crimean...
How Kremlin uses the “European field” to win the propaganda game
By Viktor Denisenko, in cooperation with Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis, for StopFake
On February 23, 2018, the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania blocked...
Steven Seagal – a foreign policy pundit, Putin’s hope for better ties with America
By Polygraph
Steven Seagal
Actor, musician, martial artist
“I am sure that President Putin … is trying to create a situation in which the balance of powers...
“Concentration camps in Europe – again” – A guide to the emotions disinformation exploits
By EU vs Disinfo
The pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign excels in manipulating the emotions of its audiences. Its orchestrators collect information about the divisions and weaknesses...
Fake: Donbas Displaced Person Attacked for Speaking Russian
Scores of Russian media featured stories this week claiming that a man displaced by the war in Donbas currently living in the small northern...
Russian state media try to hijack new Novichok poisoning narrative
By Polygraph
RIA Novosti
State-owned media outlet
“According to preliminary data, the incident in Amesbury was not a ‘Russian attack’, said Deputy Chief of the British Interior...
Russian unleashes torrent of alternative facts in Amesbury poisoning case
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake
Within hours of British police announcing last night that a couple from Amesbury, Wiltshire had been poisoned with Novichok,...
Fake: Ukraine Can Face Olympic Ban
Russian Defense Ministry’s official publication Zvezda’s latest fake declares that Ukraine could be banned from the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Ukrainian athletes could be...
Fake: Future Maidan Museum Copies Hitler’s Architecture Projects
Comparing Ukraine to Nazi Germany is a beloved trope of the Russian disinformation machine. The latest fake to continue this tradition appeared on June...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Will Federica Mogherini finally listen to EU Member States?
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he European Council's conclusions call for a more coordinated and better resourced response to disinformation on part of the EU. Will the...