In the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation
By Craig Silverman And Jeff Kao, Propublica, for NiemanLab
Researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub and ProPublica identified more than a dozen videos that purport...
Kremlin Says One Thing, Does Another to Complicate Iran Talks
By Nisan Ahmado, for Polygraph
Mikhail UlyanovRussian nuclear ambassador"Russia has always been a driving force, not an obstacle in the course of the negotiations."Source:...
Kremlin Evokes Satan In Support Of The War
By EU vs Disinfo
Putin justifying the attack on Ukraine as a battle against “Nazis and drug addicts” was apparently not enough. Pro-violence outlets in...
The Chilling Background To Kremlin’s “No War” Trope
By EU vs Disinfo
Russian authorities have forbidden media outlets to refer to the attack on Ukraine as a war. This is not only an...
Weapons Of Mass Delusion
By EU vs Disinfo
Disinformation concerning the alleged planning of nuclear attacks or the use of bioweapons dominate the narratives of pro-Kremlin outlets and Chinese...
The Kremlin Hashtagging Ze War
By EU vs Disinfo
Weeks before the Russian attack on Ukraine, military specialists started to ask about strange markings on military vehicles massing along the borders. Several...
A Black Day For Media And Free Speech In Russia (Update 7 March)
By EU vs Disinfo
On 4 March, the Russian parliament adopted unanimously and at record speed a law “on responsibility for fakes about the Russian forces”. It...
Russia Makes Orwellian Bid to Pin Kharkiv Blasts on Ukraine
By William Echols, for Polygraph
NTV, Gazprom-Media station“In the opinion of specialists, a VSU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) missile hit the Kharkiv administration building.”Source: NTV...
A Guide To Deciphering Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Around Putin’s War
By EU vs Disinfo
For years, the Kremlin and its media and trolls have used cheap tricks of the rhetoric of disinformation. It has gone...
Claiming Neutrality, Iran Trumpets Kremlin’s Ukraine Tune
By Polygraph
Ebrahim Raisi, president of Iran
"Based on the fundamental principles of its foreign policy, the Islamic Republic of Iran opposes both hegemony and submission...