The virus to liberate us from freedom
Alexander Dugin, a Russian nationalist philosopher with close ties to the Kremlin, is relishing in the COVID-19 outbreak.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Kremlin’s malign influence in the Western Balkans
ASSESSMENT OF THE KREMLIN'S MALIGN INFLUENCE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, MONTENEGRO AND NORTH MACEDONIA This Report is a final output of year-long cooperation between non-governmental organizations and think-tanks from Central Europe and the Western Balkans.
Infowars’ Jones hawked ‘nanosilver toothpaste’ fake coronavirus cure
“The patented nanosilver we have, the Pentagon has come out and documented and Homeland Security has said this stuff kills the whole SARS-corona family at point-blank range.
Common crisis: The implications of COVID-19 for the Transatlantic Alliance
Alliance cohesion is under increasing strain amid public squabbling between member governments and growing fears of both the likely death toll and the economic damage. NATO has been all but invisible.
Four super fake coronavirus claims (that we saw today)
Fake coronavirus claims are all over the internet. Below we correct a few claims about the virus origin, diagnosis, prevention and cures.
How British, German, and US media cover Crimea’s annexation and the Donbas war
and the Donbass war. It shows that initially an “international conflict frame” was used as the dominant way to interpret Crimea’s annexation, which in about three months was succeeded by a “local conflict frame,” then used as the most prevalent way to make sense of the enduring Donbass war.
Figure of the week: 32
Research Agency’s tactics are evolving to circumvent the platforms’ nascent defences against manipulation. The research comes from University of Wisconsin professor Young Mie Kim, who started analysing posts…
The Kremlin and disinformation about coronavirus
efforts on the coronavirus are all over the place, broadcasting conflicting messages. In one pro-Kremlin outlet we read that the coronavirus is less harmful that the seasonal influenza: The great COVID-19 legacy will leave far fewer deaths than common influenza when the panic has dissipated.
Iran’s immunity from the coronavirus? Kiss a holy tomb
“In sacred places like this, there is no room for viruses, germs or diseases. Source: Twitter, March 1, 2020 False The Muslim holy city of Qom is the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran Videos posted on…
Smells like Crimea
territorial claims against Russia”. This message was broadcast on 23 February to millions of Russian households by the state-owned TV channel Rossiya 1.