The big role of russophile trolls in Putin’s media warfare in the West
This a translation of Janne ‘Rysky’ Riiheläinen‘s blog post “Valheiden tulivoimaa” in his blog Väkivallaton maanpuolustus ja sen henki on July 21, 2014.
Russia has...
About propaganda, fakes and release of untrue information during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
During World War II enemy aircrafts dumped propaganda leaflets on the cities, writes Sergei Didkovskiy in his article for Ain.ua. The leaflets appealed: "Defect."...
Leaked Correspondence Shows Agency’s “Trolling”
Anonymous International last week uploaded hacked correspondence alleged to be between employees and their superiors at the Internet Research Agency, a secretive company based...
Malaysian Boeing MH17 Tragedy: Questions and Answers
In his article on livejournal.com, blogger 0serg analyses versions and questions around the downing of Malaysian Boeing MH17.
Q: What was MH17 doing over the combat zone? What...
The Infowar Rages in Moscow
From flying corpses to Spanish air traffic controllers, Russian media are doing their best to muddy the waters around what happened to MH17.
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RT “Covers” the Shooting Down of MH17
Operating a fake news channel to promote state propaganda comes with considerable intrinsic problems and contradictions. Propaganda and news reporting have contrary purposes that...
NATO: Russia’s accusations – setting the record straight (July 2014)
NATO's main public website published rebuttal of a series of russian accusations against NATO which are based on misrepresentations of the facts. Here is...
Throwing a Wrench In Russia’s Propaganda Machine
RT, also known as Russia Today (that’s not entirely accurate anymore, but it’s a long story), is the English-language Russian media Goliath which has...
Contradictions Define Kremlin Apologists
According to the conventional wisdom, Vladimir Putin and his Western supporters propagate a uniform message throughout the world. At its most extreme, this view...
Russia’s top lies about Ukraine. Part 3
The American website Examiner.com published Russia's top lies about Ukraine.
Russia’s aggressive information war, waged through its vast propaganda machine, continues to produce disinformation to...