Journalism and laughter: Russians react to pro-Kremlin propaganda
Russian civil society continues to dismantle pro-Kremlin disinformation, using both laughter and journalistic investigations.
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Historical revisionism is an important strand of disinformation. The EUvsDisinfo database contains a large number of cases of this kind, most of which pertain to rewriting the history of World War II.
Beware another Russia reset
With U.S. presidential elections fast approaching, the specter of another attempted “reset” with Putinist Russia looms over Washington.
Coronavirus: how media coverage of epidemics often stokes fear and panic
New contagious diseases are scary. They frighten us because they are unknown and unpredictable. The ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus has received extensive media attention, coverage that can tell us a…
Kremlin Watch Briefing: The murder of Khanghoshvili orchestrated by FSB
The murder of Zelimkhan Khanghoshvili in Berlin orchestrated by FSB, Bellingcat reveals. US military tracking disinformation around the coronavirus outbreak.
Pro-Kremlin disinformation desperation: MH17 and WWII
“preparations” for the MH17 trial and continued its attack on Poland. A few weeks from now, on March 9th, the District Court of the Hague will begin the criminal trial of four suspects for shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
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profiles originating in Russia that violated its policy against foreign or government interference. According to Facebook’s internal investigation, the network had links to Russian military intelligence and primarily targeted Ukraine, along with neighbouring countries in the region.
Disinformation sharpened tensions between Serbia and Montenegro
religion of Montenegro has been used by disinformation outlets in the region to foment division, resembling the practice already detected in Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia.
Flawed peace plan for Ukraine repeats Kremlin talking points
Related Experts: Ian Brzezinski, Michael Carpenter, Daniel Fried, Melinda Haring, John E. Herbst, Alexander Vershbow A distinguished group of American, European, and Russian former government officials and…
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Not less than 945 unfounded items of news have been published in 2019 by four tabloids (Informer, Srpski Telegraf, Alo and Kurir) with the largest circulation in Serbia, fact-checking platform Raskrikavanje found in their most recent analysis.