High On Its Own Supply
With day 22 of Putin’s three-day war not yielding the results the Kremlin hoped for, the Kremlin’s propaganda apparatus has now shifted into a higher gear and is increasingly focused on reporting on how well the invasion, pardon, the “special operation”, is going.
Minsk Coercion: Pro-Russian Social Media Accounts Pressure Ukraine to Implement the Minsk Protocols
The latest Kremlin’s disinformation campaign on Facebook, Telegram and Twitter portray Ukraine as an aggressor state.
“No, We Did Not Bomb The Hospital, And It Was A Nest Of Nazis...
The shelling of Maternity Ward No. 3 in Mariupol is a war crime and took the life of innocent civilians, including children.
In the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation
Researchers at Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub and ProPublica identified more than a dozen videos that purport to debunk apparently nonexistent Ukrainian fakes.
Kremlin Says One Thing, Does Another to Complicate Iran Talks
"Russia has always been a driving force, not an obstacle in the course of the negotiations. Source: Twitter, March 9, 2022 FALSE Update: Shortly after this fact check was posted, news came that the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna had been paused.
Kremlin Evokes Satan In Support Of The War
Putin justifying the attack on Ukraine as a battle against “Nazis and drug addicts” was apparently not enough.
The Chilling Background To Kremlin’s “No War” Trope
Russian authorities have forbidden media outlets to refer to the attack on Ukraine as a war. This is not only an attempt to spin something unpleasant in a more positive way; if there is no war, there can be no war crimes.
Weapons Of Mass Delusion
Disinformation concerning the alleged planning of nuclear attacks or the use of bioweapons dominate the narratives of pro-Kremlin outlets and Chinese state media.
The Kremlin Hashtagging Ze War
Weeks before the Russian attack on Ukraine, military specialists started to ask about strange markings on military vehicles massing along the borders.
A Black Day For Media And Free Speech In Russia (Update 7 March)
On 4 March, the Russian parliament adopted unanimously and at record speed a law “on responsibility for fakes about the Russian forces”.