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Russian state-affiliated disinformation outlets try to ‘borrow’ credibility by impersonating legitimate media and government institutions.

Last week we covered in detail the new uptick in the Kremlin’s disinformation and manipulation concerning Moscow’s decision to effectively terminate the Black Sea Grain Initiative – BSGI.

On 24 July, in preperation of the Russia-Africa Summit, the Kremlin published an article, allegedly penned by none other than the liar-in-chief Vladimir Putin himself, pondering joining Russian and African ‘efforts for peace, progress and a successful future’.

Russia failed in their blackmail and now holds the world’s poor hostage, while spouting lies in all directions. A quick glance at the mirror would uncover the real culprit.

Kremlin disinformation outlets seek to distract from the Ukrainian counter-offensive and the aftermath of Prigozhin’s rebellion, setting their sights on the NATO Summit in Vilnius and the US decision to deliver cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Ever since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February, Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been a hot-button issue. Understandably so.

This is an updated and expanded version of an EUvsDisinfo article first published in April 2020. You can read the original text here.

While Russia’s war against Ukraine is ongoing, it has been an extraordinary few days inside Russia, with the weekend mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner force.

Putin interrupts the African delegation’s presentation and embarks on a lie-filled and mind-numbing monologue.

In Russia, school textbooks have become yet another powerful tool for brainwashing the youth about Ukraine. By Andriy Avramenko, for UkraineWorld Even if adult Russians may try to avoid propaganda in the media, their children cannot escape brainwashing at school.