Thursday, July 3, 2025

Fake: Pope Presents Putin with Guardian Angel of Peace Medal

The recent visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Vatican inspired pro-Kremlin media to come up with a rather fawning fake, that Pope...

Putin tells Elton John Russia ‘unbiased’ toward LGBT community

By Polygraph Vladimir Putin Russian President "We really have a very smooth relationship with members of the LGBT community – really calm, perfectly unbiased.” Source: Ria Novosti...

Top Takes: Suspected Russian Intelligence Operation. Operators worked across platforms to spread lies and...

By @DFRLab A Russian-based information operation used fake accounts, forged documents, and dozens of online platforms to spread stories that attacked Western interests and unity....

Operation Secondary Infektion: The DFRLab Exposes a New Russian Influence Campaign

By EU vs Disinfo Allegations of planned political assassinations, lurid forgeries, false flag attacks, brazen online impersonations… the universe of Russian disinformation grows ever more...

Figures of the week: 3-10

By EU vs Disinfo It took 3 to 10 days for the Russian Internet Research Agency to increase polarization of the #BlackLivesMatter debate on Twitter,...

Lost in translation

By EU vs Disinfo Imagine that you are a politician or an expert commentator, and a Russian state-controlled TV channel calls you and asks for...

Chornobyl Fear: StopFake with Marko Suprun (No. 242)

Russia reacts to the HBO television miniseries with a spate of fakes and distortions. https://youtu.be/qdQE5GKXvsI

European Commission summarises its struggle against disinformation

In June, European Commission with Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy presented the report on the...

Evaluation of the EU elections: Many gaps still remain

By Jakub Kalenský, for Disinfo Portal Just weeks after the European Parliamentary elections, the European Commission (EU) has issued a report on the implementation of...

Fake: Finland Does Not See a Russian Military Threat

The Russian website Voyennoye Obozrenye (Military Review) completely distorted an interview with the new Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen, claiming that the minister “does...