Kremlin Watch Monitor. December 1, 2016
Weekly update on Kremlin disinformation efforts
European Parliament against disinformation
The European Parliament approved a motion for a resolution which warns against propaganda pressure from Russia...
Shades of Red Putinism: Pro-Russian far-left parties in Europe
By Lóránt Győri, Péter Krekó, for The Riga Conference
While a lot of attention has been dedicated to the relationship between Moscow and the far-right...
Russia is Weaponizing culture in CEE by creating a traditionalist “counter-culture”
By Péter Krekó, Lóránt Győri, Katya Dunajeva - Political Capital Institute, for Integrity Initiative
The hybrid warfare that Russia has been waging against Europe and...
Part of a Pattern
The shooting of a Hungarian police officer by a neo-Nazi leader spotlights the group’s Russia ties and wider threat to the region.
OpEd, by Peter...
Political Satire Returns to Russian TV, Neutered As Ever
Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov, whose regime is widely accused of human rights crimes, is a comedy star on Russian television this week. Or rather,...
Fake: Former Ukrainian PM Yatseniuk Flees Ukraine
Citing a little known website as their source, scores of Russian media reported this week that former Ukrainian Prime Minster Arseniy Yatseniuk sold his...
Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych
On November 25 former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was to be questioned by a Kyiv court via video link from Russia. The questioning was...
StopFakeNews #110 with Benjamin Cohen
The latest edition of StopFake News with Benjamin Cohen. Among the disinformation debunked this week. Russian Sputnik agency’s claims that life in Ukraine is...
Russia’s Sputnik Claims Life in Ukraine Worse than Ever
Russia’s government controlled news agency Sputnik declared this week that three years after the Maydan protests Ukraine was economically much worse than ever before....
Fake: Turkish Delegation Arrives in Crimea
This week Russian media disseminated a story about a Turkish delegation visiting Crimea with the goal of deepening business and political relations between the...