World Cup Awareness: Five Things Worth Knowing About Propaganda in Russia
By EU vs Disinfo
Millions of Russians look forwards to welcoming visitors from across the globe to the 2018 FIFA World Cup. They will proudly...
The Skimm launches a 1:1, bot-less (for now) texting service to help subscribers make...
By Christine Schmidt, for NiemanLab
“People are always on their phones, but this isn’t ‘Let’s just start shooting them info over text.’ When you integrate...
#PackOfLies: How Egyptian students became fake Palestinian martyrs
A fake video, supposedly showing how the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip filmed misleading videos about the seemingly killed martyrs of their own so...
Russian Responses to Babchenko’s Staged Death
Moscow’s reactions to the staged death of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko in many ways mirrored their reactions to his “real” death of the day...
Kremlin Watch Briefing: France arrests intelligence officers, Sweden teaches the public how to defend...
Topics of the Week
The Swedish government has produced a pamphlet instructing the nation’s 4.8 million households on actions to take in crisis situations, including...
Disinfo News: US cites Russia in Freedom report over persecution of religious sect
By Polygraph
For the second time in two years, the U.S. State Department is listing Russia as a “Country of Particular Concern” regarding religious freedom.The...
Russia Demands Release of Satellite Images That the U.S. Released 4 Years Ago
By Polygraph
Maria Zakharova
Press secretary, Russian Foreign Ministry
"It is also worth mentioning that the United States has not provided satellite images, the presence of which...
Zakharova: Handbook for Journalists Covering World Cup is ‘More Russophobia’
By Polygraph
Maria Zakharova
Press secretary, Foreign Ministry, Russia
“The initiative that seems to be useful at first glance and aimed at helping sports observers cover the...
Disinfo News: The Kremlin’s Many Versions of the MH17 Story
By Polygraph
The Kremlin has been having a bad week, in terms of global public relations. On May 24, the Dutch Joint Investigation Team (JIT)...
Conspiracy: Ukraine to launch a large-scale offensive in Donbas during the World Cup
By EU vs Disinfo
Summary of Disinformation
Ukraine to launch a large-scale offensive in Donbas during the World Cup to provoke a humanitarian disaster and an...