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The concept of “hahaganda” is one of the most deceptive instruments of disinformation; ridicule, sarcasm and jokes can slowly erase the credibility and authority of an organisation or an individual.

This week we saw geopolitical disinformation narratives focus on the United States, Moldova and Poland. According to one false narrative, the Russian Navy threatened to ram the USS John McCain, after it allegedly passed into Russian territorial waters.

Disclaimer: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities related to COVID-19/Coronavirus.

“Great marketing is no longer about the stuff that you make, but about the stories you tell”, according to marketing gurus, and pro-Kremlin media have taken the lesson to heart.

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) accuses Russia, China and Iran of spreading disinformation about COVID-19.

“Vaccine will not stop COVID-19 if governments do not deal with disinformation about this illness”, said Francesco Rocca, the head of the Red Cross, the biggest humanitarian aid organization in the world.

While the presidential US election continues to dominate global headlines, another noteworthy election took place in Europe.

Would you like to have “a machine to detect fake news”? It can be true soon thanks to Polish scientists. Eng.D Piotr Przybyła from Polish Academy of Sciences works on algorithm which can detect if the text is manipulated or false based just on its stylistics.

Following the US Election Day, pro-Kremlin media claimed that the US democracy is an illusion, election was fraudulent, and thus the US has no right to lecture others about human rights or democracy.

One of the most disgusting operations of Russian Federation’s special forces in the last few years is the creation in the Moscow Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology the coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.