Monday, August 18, 2025

Fake: Ukraine Ready to Sell Crimea to Russia for $135 Billion

Experts have calculated that Ukraine’s economy has lost some $135 billion as a result of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. Russian media have launched a...

The Kremlin Weaponising Victimhood

By EU vs Disinfo Several researchers note that the role of the victim is a coveted position in modern public discourse. Research points to this phenomenon in US...

Modus Trollerandi Part 2: Whataboutism

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks In a series of articles, EUvsDisinfo will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of...

Covid Conspiracies Leak From Russia’s Lie Labs

By Ben Dubow, for CEPA China and Russia have formed an opportunistic propaganda alliance to blame the U.S. for covid-19. “Who’s Afraid of Fort Detrick Probe?” asked Sputnik...

Kant, The Philosophy Of Autonomy, Truth And Peace

By EU vs Disinfo Kant: question more? It is fascinating that disinformation often flirts with the idea of critical thinking for oneself. The motto of the...

Fake: US Creates Schismatic, Disenfranchised Church in Ukraine

The United States has nothing to with the establishment of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. In 988 Kyiv ruler Prince Volodymyr adopted Christianity for...

Modus Trollerandi Part 1: The Straw Man

By EU vs Disinfo How Democracy is SWAMPED: Seven Cheap Tricks Since 2015, EUvsDisinfo has detected, documented and debunked disinformation from pro-Kremlin media. All individual cases...

One plane and a lot of noise. Pro-Kremlin disinformation about forced landing in Minsk

By Debunkeu.org On May 23, the Belarusian authorities forced the landing of a Ryanair passenger plane with a pro-democratic Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich, using...

Hushing Up Is Also Lying

By EU vs Disinfo Sometimes, what is not lied about is revealing. Seven years ago last week, a Russian military unit shut down Malaysian Airlines MH17, killing...

How to Fight the EU’s Balkan Information War

By Bruna Celic, Faith Leslie, for CEPA The European Union (EU) recognizes disinformation as a key threat to democratic life and yet lacks adequate tools...