The Dog That Didn’t Bark: What the Danish Election Reveals About Russian Influence Operations
By Valentyna Shapovalova and Yuliia Dukach, for EUvsDisinfo
According to Danish state authorities, there were no major foreign influence campaigns to speak of in the lead-up to...
Tough Love: Spies, Dating Apps and the Dark Side of Online Intimacy
By EUvsDisinfo
Dating apps promise connection, chemistry, and maybe even love. For Ukrainian and Russian intelligence services, they also offer something else: data, emotional vulnerability,...
Fake: Zelensky Threatens A Preemptive Strike On Belarus
Volodymyr Zelensky did not state that Ukraine is prepared to carry out a “pre-emptive strike on Belarus” or even to “attack Belarus first.” This...
The Digital Iron Curtain 2.0: How the MAX Messenger is Reshaping Russia’s Communication Space
By Nikita Nalivko, for EUvsDisinfo
The Kremlin’s intention to control its digital environment is not new. Even Russians’ most widely used messaging app, Telegram, was...
Fake: Olena Zelenska Fled The Country — With €66 Million In Cash, Jewelry, And...
The story is based on the testimony of an “anonymous source” and first appeared on an account that describes itself as a parody account....
Fake: Moderna quietly developed a hantavirus mRNA vaccine with a Korean university, then engineered...
This is an unfounded claim. The hantavirus mRNA vaccine is still in development and has not yet reached the market.
Fact-check reporter: Hui-Wen Tseng
Managing...
Fake: China Refused Ukraine a $30.8 Billion Debt Deferral
Ukraine's actual debt obligations to China are significantly smaller — approximately $830 million as of June 2024. No diplomatic approach by Zelensky to Beijing...
Fake: Macron Endorsed Arabic as Official Language
Emmanuel Macron did not say that Arabic would become an official language of France, nor did he call for its mandatory study in French...
Fabricated EU economic loss counter used to undermine sanctions support in Estonia
By Nika Aleksejeva, for DFRLAb
A global, cross-platform pro-Kremlin information influence campaign falsely claimed that the European Union (EU) is losing €65-135 million ($76-159 million) every...
Fake: EU Imposes Sanctions Targeting Children
The EU imposed sanctions on Russian organizations and officials implicated in the abduction of Ukrainian children and their forced "re-education."
Russian state media have amplified...