Kremlin Propaganda Effort Ever Less Effective on Russians, Surveys Show
By Paul Goble, Window on Eurasi
The messages Kremlin propaganda is disseminating and the actual beliefs of Russians are increasingly diverging, except on the “sacred”...
US warns Europe on Russian election hacking
US intelligence services have warned allies that Russia might try to hack their elections, with France and Germany already under attack.
“We assess Moscow will...
Russia 24 attempted to involve British journalist in propaganda scheme
British journalist of The Times and The Sunday Times, Max Tucker received a call from Russian state-owned TV channel Russia 24 with an offer...
Russia spreading fake news and forged docs in Sweden: report
By The Local
Sweden’s most respected foreign policy institute has accused Russia of using underhand methods, including fake news, counterfeit documents, and other disinformation, to...
USA Today Parrots Kremlin Propaganda on Crimea
By Halya Coynash, The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
Hopes are high in Russia that its investment in the US elections will pay off in...
Separating Fact and Fiction in the Svitlodarsk Bulge
Verification of claims surrounding the heavy fighting in the Donbas
By DFRLab
Since December 18, fighting has continued to claim the lives of Ukrainian and separatist...
Kremlin Watch Monitor. December 22, 2016
New Publications
Our Jakub Janda argues in the Observer that Angela Merkel is going to be the next target of the Russian disinformation campaign. Here...
Spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry Accuses Facebook of Working With ISIS
Maria Zakharova, the colorful spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, accused Facebook administrators of working for the Islamic State, after the network temporarily unpublished one...
Russians Increasingly Skeptical of ‘False’ and ‘Biased’ News
The number of Russians who think media reports are false or biased has doubled in the last 12 months, a report by Russian journalism...
Facebook has a plan to fight fake news. Here’s where we come in
By Benjamin Mullin and Alexios Mantzarlis, Poynter
Facebook announced today that it is taking several steps to reduce the reach of fake news. One of...