Monday, July 7, 2025

West Mistakenly Takes at Face Value Moscow’s Names for Institutions in Russia, Martynov Says

By Paul Goble, Window On Eurasia Europeans and people in the West more generally make a major mistake by accepting Moscow’s designations for institutions in...

Ukraine Adopts Fascist Ideology: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 313)

Fake: Russia’s Crimea policies guided by international law. Leaders of self-proclaimed separatist republics address UN Security Council. Ukraine against medals commemorating 75th anniversary of...

Fake: Kyiv Admits Ukraine Got Crimea in a Drunken Fluke

That Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev drunkenly gave Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 is one of the most prevalent Russian propaganda narratives being peddled by...

Pfizer/Biontech Vaccine Attacked By Pro-Kremlin Media, Tested By Russian Diplomat

By EU vs Disinfo A recent blogpost by the DFRLab describes how pro-Kremlin media is highlighting adverse outcomes of Western vaccines and how such content appeals to...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Borell’s visit to Russia ended as a debacle

LAST WEEK RECAP Lessons Learned from the Czech Experience in Fighting Disinformation for the Western Balkans Aiming for practitioners and policymakers, this in-depth review catalogues the...

National Whataboutism As A State Ideology

By EU vs Disinfo The Kremlin and the Art of Pointing Fingers “Whataboutism” is a rhetorical device to deflect attention to an unpleasant issue. The Oxford...

Fake: Hundreds of Children Killed to Create COVID 19 Vaccinations

Anti-vaccination supporters are spreading misinformation on social media claiming that the pharmaceutical and medical industries are killing hundreds of babies to extract cells in...

When’s the best time to correct fake news? After someone’s already read it, apparently

Plus: A thorough report on why social media is not biased against conservatives, and TikTok takes new steps to reduce the spread of unverified...

Manufactured Support Part 2: Using Western Voices To Spread Disinformation

By EU vs Disinfo In Donetsk, a small media outlet translates pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns into French and English for Western audiences Previously, EUvsDisinfo described how pro-Kremlin disinformation outlets...

Russia Disinfo Targets New Ukraine Media Sanctions

By Polygraph Maria ZakharovaRussian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman“We consider the deprivation of three Ukrainian media outlets … contrary to the laws of Ukraine and Kyiv's international...