Context

Putin just started another presidential term as an unchecked czar of Russia, continuing his rule since the year 2000.

On the 7th of May in Moscow, Putin was sworn in for his next six-year term as president following the heavily manipulated and doctored ‘elections’.

Telegram channels posting unverified content exacerbate political grievances between pro-Western and pro-Russian Georgians Russian-language Telegram channels focusing on Georgia are disseminating unverified videos that could incite further tensions within the country.

EUvsDisinfo has spent quite some time gathering, analysing and exposing pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives. In fact, we already have 17,000 examples and counting.

During 6-9 June, the next elections to the European Parliament will take place across EU Member States in the largest European democratic exercises for hundreds of millions of people.

As we begin the month of May, Russian state propaganda is tuned to two frequencies: drumming up support for Putin ahead of his re-coronation on 7 May and eroding peace prospects and support for Ukraine, especially in Western societies.

The hard, painful, pointy end of oncoming consequences has hit the Kremlin. Their foot soldiers got caught red-handed in Germany and Poland, and international aid for Ukraine flows again.

In January 2024, the Kazakh government renamed several railway stations. Station 26 became Zhetitobe station, Koscheku station became Kosshoky station. Unremarkable.

Last week brought some unexpected challenges for the Kremlin’s information manipulators and disinformation launderers.

In the not-so-distant past, the slogan ‘From Vancouver to Vladivostok’ epitomised a system of international relations built on cooperation or at least a stable framework.