The Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model
Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It
by Christopher Paul, Miriam Matthews, for RAND
Since its 2008 incursion into Georgia (if not before), there...
Fake: Ukraine Fears Mass Exodus if Russian Visas are Introduced
Russia’s national news agency RIA Novosti claimed this week that Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry fears a mass exodus of its citizenry if visas with Russia...
Fake: University Student Expelled for Asking President Poroshenko “Uncomfortable Question”
Russian and Ukrainian media are disseminating a story claiming that a student who asked Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko if he would send his children...
Fake: Polls Show Majority of Ukrainians Don’t Want To Vote
Manipulating the results of polls is a favorite tool in the Russian disinformation toolkit. The latest example of this tried and true method is...
Fake: American Snipers in the Donbas
Russian media is awash with stories that American snipers are fighting on the Ukrainian side in the eastern occupied territories. The source for this...
Syria’s war of extermination signals the end of the international community
By Nicolas Tenzer, for The Conversation
As the aerial bombardment of Aleppo resumes, one thing is clear. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military campaign in Syria,...
The Russia Channel
By Josh Marshall, TPM
Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald has a fascinating little piece out overnight about a telling goof in the Russian propaganda channel that has...
Barack Obama’s Wrong: The New Cold War’s Only Just Begun
From propaganda to missile deployments, Russian leader Vladimir Putin is testing Obama’s resolve—while claiming to be America’s victim, Michael Weiss wrote for The Daily...
Moscow ‘blocking’ Ukrainian journalists at Euronews
The Russian service of the French broadcaster Euronews – which is financed by Moscow – has refused to provide jobs to journalists from the...
Russian troll farms behind campaign to topple Ukraine’s government
Over 2,000 social media profiles, directed from Moscow, were orchestrating a “third Maidan” campaign in Ukrainian social media. The internet portal Texty.org.ua investigated the origins...