The Kremlin’s ‘Besieged Fortress’ Narrative Criticised in Independent Media
By EU vs Disinfo
Russian media received President Putin’s annual address on Thursday with varying degrees enthusiasm. RT, for example, ran headlines such as ‘Listen to us...
Russia probe looms as possible election year issue
Jim Malone, for VOA
In recent weeks, the investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia has intensified, raising the prospect...
Suspicions of ‘bots’ gow over spikes in ‘dislikes’ of Russian stories ahead of election
By Alan Crosby, for RFE/RL
When Zmitser Yahorau saw the number of "dislikes" for a Belsat TV story on YouTube about life in a Russian...
Fake: Ukraine Readies Army and Nationalists for War
The Kremlin’s lead propagandist Dimitri Kiselyov, whom the BBC dubbed Russia’s chief spin doctor who specializes in portraying Ukraine as a country of fascists,...
Update: Kadyrov’s Press Secretary Accuses US Government of Conspiring against Chechnya
By Polygraph
Alvi Karimov, press secretary of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya
Alvi Karimov, press secretary of Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya
“There is not even a...
Is the U.S. Evacuating IS Members from Syria?
By Polygraph
Sputnik News
Russian State Media Agency
“The source from the town of al-Hasakah (north-east part of Syria) has told Sputnik on the condition of anonymity...
Oops, we did it again
By EU vs Disinfo
Last time it was Russia’s Ministry of Defence. This time it was the state TV channel Pervy Kanal that couldn’t resist...
Fake: Ukraine Training Terrorists for European and Middle East Operations
At the end of February Russian television channel Tsargrad published two articles claiming that Ukraine was training terrorists for operations in Europe and the...
The Student Strike that Wasn’t
Russian television channel REN TV presented a recent strike called by the faculty of Ukraine’s Medical University as a strike organized by the students....
How resilient is Latvia’s information space to Kremlin propaganda?
By CEPA
People often assume that Latvia has two completely separate, self-sufficient information spaces: one for Latvian speakers and the other for Russian speakers. While...