How France beat back information manipulation (and how other democracies might do the same)
By Christine Schmidt, for NiemanLab
“French success resulted from a combination of structural factors, luck, as well as the effective anticipation and reaction of the...
How to Rob Peter to Pay Paul
By EU vs Disinfo
What do you do when one of your heaviest disinformation attacks backfires? You send out way more disinformation attacks and hope...
Fakes Debunked by the StopFake Project between 2014-2017: Narratives and Sources
This analytical report includes the results of research conducted by StopFake analysts based on archived data of debunked messages from Russian media.
The StopFake project...
Would Visiting the U.S. Help Vladimir Putin ‘Humanize’ His Adversary? Fact: Putin Visited Nine...
By Polygraph
John Wight
RT Contributor
“Indeed it is arguable that without his prolonged visit to the U.S. in 1959, Khrushchev may not have been so willing...
Salisbury suspects number one in top 10 “worst hits” of Russian TV
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews), for StopFake
The interview given by the two suspects in the Salisbury novichok poisonings to RT boss Margarita Simonyan was met...
Denmark’s Defence Against Disinformation
By EU vs Disinfo
Denmark. The fairy tale country of Hans Christian Andersen. A prosperous and advanced Nordic welfare state filled with happy, open-minded people, uniting...
Moscow’s Mouthpieces
By Holger Roonemaa (POSTIMEES), Inga Springe (RE:BALTICA)
Skype logs and other documents obtained by Re:Baltica, Postimees and Buzzfeed offer a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the Kremlin’s propaganda...
Lithuania Asks Walmart To Stop Selling Clothing With Soviet Symbols
By RFE/RL
Lithuania is urging U.S. retail giant Walmart to stop selling clothing with Soviet hammer-and-sickle symbols, which it says insults victims of Soviet-era persecution.
"You...
Promising to Make a ‘Good Juicy Chop’ of Opposition Leader is Not ‘Physical Threat’...
By Polygraph
Dmitry Peskov
President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary
“We do not regard his words as a physical threat.”
Source: RIA-Novosti, September 11, 2018
FALSE
Viktor Zolotov said Alexey...
RAND report exposes Russian propaganda claims in Turkey
By Sarah Hurst (@XSovietNews)
In Turkey, where an estimated 245 journalists are behind bars and news is dominated by a mix of President Recep Tayyip...