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In a special kind of news manipulation, the problem is not what the story tells, but what it does not tell. When highly relevant information is left out of the reporting, audiences are left with a distorted impression of reality.

Russian disinformation outlet News Front is a regular provider of content for our database on disinformation. From them we have got the case of Finnish politicians suggesting Ukrainian traces in the Skripal…

"Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces made four bombing strikes against terrorists in Idlib, the Defense Ministry reported. The coordinates for the attack were indicated by Ankara.

“The Chernobyl series … is packed with petty anti-Soviet filth, which poisons viewers’ brains, thus becoming a deliberate, well-thought-out distortion of Soviet reality.

Although most of the sources of political disinformation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are local media, a large disinformation hub is formed by an alarmingly high number of media from neighbouring countries, potentially used by foreign political actors.

Everybody needs a friend – to laugh, cry or watch ‘‘Friends” episodes with, where every problem is solved sooner or later, because friends help each other out.

The TV show ”Chernobyl”, produced by HBO and Sky, has been getting attention in different parts of the world, from the US to Russia.

The possibility that disinformation might influence the European parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic was not taken lightly by the local expert community.

Following indications of a decrease in president Putin’s personal approval rating, Russia’s state-owned polling agency last month decided to publish the results of an alternative methodology, in which voters were asked a different question.

In Russia, independent journalism survives in pockets of oxygen, surrounded by dominating state-controlled networks and Kremlin-loyal private media outlets.