Context

Disinformation is at the heart of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime. The illegitimate president of Belarus is clinging to power based on a lie that he worn the presidential election in August 2020.

Beyond the Age of Post-Truth? Thus far, in our series we have presented five titans of thought in relation to disinformation.

It has been a year since Belarusians took to the streets to protest the results of a rigged presidential election.

Several researchers note that the role of the victim is a coveted position in modern public discourse. Research points to this phenomenon in US politics, among men accused of sexual harassment – “I’m the victim here!” – and as an element in Kremlin disinformation efforts.

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.

On May 23, the Belarusian authorities forced the landing of a Ryanair passenger plane with a pro-democratic Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich, using a military jet and a false bomb alarm.

Sometimes, what is not lied about is revealing. Seven years ago last week, a Russian military unit shut down Malaysian Airlines MH17, killing all 298 people onboard.

Russian intelligence services keep undermining confidence in Western vaccines. Ukraine accused Russia of hacking the portal of the Ukrainian Navy.