Monday, August 18, 2025

Ruining Russian Relationships: StopFakeNews with Marko Suprun (No. 248)

Fake: EU turns a blind eye to the Kremlin distributing passports in Russian occupied Donbas. Ukraine opens air space for Russian aircraft. Kyiv not paying...

The Alphabet book of pro-Kremlin disinformation (Part IV: S – Z)

By EU vs Disinfo The Claims The Facts S   Salisbury The Spire of the Salisbury Cathedral is 123 m high. It is best viewed in snowy weather in March....

Kremlin using archaeologists in Karelia to undermine truth and whitewash Stalin’s reputation

Paul Goble, Window on Eurasia Moscow has deployed archaeologists at Sandarmokh, the site in Karelia where more than 10,000 of Stalin’s victims were buried, in...

Two decades on, Russian state media omits facts about the Kursk submarine disaster

By Polygraph RIA Novosti Russian state news agency "On August 15, Norway offered help in the rescue operation. The offer was accepted by the Ministry of Defense." ...

Finally, Instagram is getting fact-checked (in a limited way and just in the U.S.,...

“The potential to prevent harm is high here, particularly with the widespread existence of health misinformation on the platform.” By Laura Hazard Owen, for NiemanLab Facebook...

Fake: EU Turns Blind Eye to Russian Passport Distribution in Donbas

Lithuania and Estonia are the only two European Union countries willing to “ruin relations with Russia” and speak out against the Kremlin issuing Russian...

Exploring Bosnia and Herzegovina’s disinformation hub

By Darko Brkan, for Power 3.0 Disinformation has never been more a part of the public discourse in the Balkans and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)...

Your friendly local pro-Kremlin outlet: disinformation in Belarus

By EU vs Disinfo Pro-Kremlin disinformation increasingly exploits Belarusians’ trust in local news to question sovereignty of Belarus and undermine its people, language and culture.  “Over...

Russia: Non-information as disinformation

By Margarita Assenova, for Polygraph Using non-information as a disinformation tool is not a new tactic for the Kremlin. But the Russian government’s attempt to...

Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russia watchers targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack

Topics of the Week The phishing attack on Russia-watchers was more successful than initially believed. European Values Think-Tank was among those targeted. US Senate is negligent to...