Kremlin Watch Briefing: European Parliament calls out Russia and calls for Magnitsky Act-like sanctions
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The European Parliament pointed out that Russia is not a strategic partneranymore and calls for new Magnitsky-style sanctions.
Russian oligarch sued the U.S....
Fake: Acting Minister of Health Bans Antiseptics
Ukrainians will soon be without basic antiseptics and other first aid staples such as iodine and hydrogen peroxide announced the pro-Kremlin publication Ukraina.ru last...
Crimean limbo: How low can you go?
By EU vs Disinfo
How low will the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti go in trying to create the impression that Crimea has become accepted by...
Russia’s new rules for Northern Sea Route violate international law
By Polygraph
Kamil Bekyashev
Vice President of the Russian Maritime Law Association
“Indeed, the NSR passes not only within Russia’s territorial waters, nevertheless, our country has...
Nuclear race defines Russia’s military doctrine
By Polygraph
Anatoly Antonov
Russia's Ambassador to the United States
“There is no first strike concept in the Russian doctrine. There is a clear reference in...
Figure of the week: 49
By EU vs Disinfo
Programs produced in Russia make up about 49% of prime-time content on Belarusian TV channels, research by the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)...
Fake: Ukraine Denies German Election Observers Accreditation
Pro-Kremlin media went into a frenzy this week claiming Ukraine scandalously refused to register German election observers for the upcoming March 31 presidential elections....
StopFake #226 with Marko Suprun
Distortion: Ukrainians morally prepared for election fraud. Fake: Ukrainian National Railway runs out of fuel. Weaponizing news: RT, Sputnik and targeted disinformation.
https://youtu.be/06zPgnzNRD4
Fake: Poroshenko Wanted to Exchange Crimea for NATO Membership
Scores of Russian media circulated stories last week claiming that in 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko allegedly wanted to exchange Crimea for membership in...
Twitter as an information battlefield – Venezuela; a case study
By EU vs Disinfo
The image of International humanitarian aid as a “Trojan Horse” has successfully established a narrative in Spanish language Twitter, where Russia...