Manipulation: Ukraine Threatens to Cut Off Gas to Europe
The Nord Stream 2 project is a threat to Europe’s energy security. Russia’s intentional underutilization of the gas transport system is creating a gas shortage that is a threat to Europe.
“US PROVOKING HUNGER RIOTS IN EUROPE”
One remarkable claim in this week’s collection of disinformation cases is provided by the state-owned national news agency, RIA Novosti.
Figure Of The Week: 100,000
The EUvsDisinfo database contains over 450 examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation claims in the German language that were collected between 2015 and 2021.
Lukashenka’s Belarus Celebrates The Soviet Attack On Poland
Manipulation and disinformation have become fundaments of Lukashenka’s regime in Belarus. After manipulating the present, Lukashenka is now set to manipulate the past: the Soviet attack on Poland is today celebrated as the unification of Belarus.
Smart Voting Vs Outsmarting Democracy
Russia’s constitution is democratic at is very core. It was adopted after a referendum in 1993 and reflects the experience from 70 years of Soviet totalitarianism, terror and repression.
How social media – aided by bots – amplifies Islamophobia online
In August 2021, a Facebook ad campaign criticizing Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the United States’ first Muslim congresswomen, came under intense scrutiny.
“The Repressive Machine Is Easy To Start But Hard To Stop”
Based in the northern Russian city of Syktyvkar, 7×7 is one the country’s few remaining media outlets providing audiences with independent news.
Modus Trollerandi Part 7: Denial
In a series of articles, EUvsDisinfo will demonstrate a few of the cheap tricks of the Rhetoric of Disinformation; how the producers of disinformation systematically derail an exchange of ideas – the core of democracy – through a set of handy devices.
Election Premonitions On Russian State-Controlled Media
Just a few weeks are left until the Russian legislative election. However, instead of pre-election staples – political debates, analysis of party programmes and similar introspection – the airwaves in Russia are filled with harrowing (and false) stories about the US and Afghanistan.
9/11 And Russia’s Descend From Dialogue To Feeding Conspiracy Narratives
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. – a decisive moment in international politics, and a point where the world community unanimously expressed solidarity with the victims of the attack.