Russia: U.S. and NATO Try to Deny IS Presence in Afghanistan
By Polygraph
Sergey Lavrov
Russian foreign minister
“We are alarmed as unfortunately, the US and NATO military in Afghanistan makes (sic) every effort to silence and deny...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Twitter’s mission against bots and trolls
Topics of the Week
Twitter is banning the methods used by bots and trolls to spread false stories on the network. Twitter users will no...
Anatomy of The Times: how a British newspaper uses Russian propaganda tricks to discredit...
Elisabeth Schimpfossl and Ilya Yablokov, for Open Democracy
A leading British newspaper is using patchy “evidence”, insinuation and intrigue to vilify the UK university protest....
StopFake #172 with Aaron Kennet
Fake: IMF and Kyiv fail to compromise on Ukraine aid; Ukrainian food prices nearly equal EU; Right Sector radicals attack peaceful Russians in Greece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWzm5sm_k5U
Smear campaign against civilian rescuers in Syria continues
By EU vs Disinfo
On 6 February, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria released a statement saying that it was investigating multiple reports that bombs allegedly...
Fake: IMF and Kyiv Fail to Compromise on Ukraine Aid
In the aftermath of the International Monetary Fund’s visit to Ukraine last week, Russia’s official 24/7 English language channel RT declared that according to...
Russia on Iskander-M missiles in Kaliningrad: ‘so what?’
By Dalia Bankauskaitė, for CEPA
On 5 February, Lithuanian news outlets reported that Russia had stationed several of its newest high-precision weapons—the Iskander-M nuclear-capable missile, with a...
Fake: Ukrainian Food Prices Nearly Equal EU Levels
Pro-Kremlin site Ukraina.ru published an article this week claiming that food prices in Ukraine have grown to equal those of Europe. This claim is...
Russian Foreign Minister Calls Mueller Indictment ‘Blabber,’ Experts call it ‘Absolutely Damning’
By Poligraph
Sergey Lavrov
Foreign Minister, Russia
“I have no response. You can publish anything, and we see those indictments multiplying, the statements multiplying. Until we see...
How the word ‘genocide’ is abused in pro-Kremlin language
By EU vs Disinfo
More and more often, the word ‘genocide’ is used by pro-Kremlin outlets and communicators to describe things that have nothing to...