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“Chinese web users still remember the distress and anger they felt when they saw rioters in Hong Kong storming the Legislative Council Complex ... US politicians hailed the ‘courage’ of these mobs ...

Anatoly Vasserman, a prominent pro-Kremlin TV commentator, says that the US is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic.

“A Colour Revolution for Regime Reinforcement” Patriots, attempting to save the United States from a hybrid war, waged by the Deep State against America – pro-Kremlin outlets mobilise their favourite conspiracy theories when commenting on the January attack on Capitol Hill.

Vladimir Solovyov, a TV and radio host and a prominent disinformation personality on Russian state-controlled media was named the most popular journalist in Russia in 2020, according to the poll of All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (ВЦИОМ/VTSIOM).

"In fact, during Wuhan's lockdown, many journalists were there reporting the real situation ... some of the articles and photos got the situation wrong, sparking fierce controversy.

Last year, on 3 December, the study ‘Mapping Fake News and Disinformation in the Western Balkans and Identifying Ways to Effectively Counter Them’ was published.

Democracy is critical by its nature. Dissent, questioning and debate are core elements of the public discourse in a democratic society.

Once upon a Time, in a kingdom far, far away, a dragon was keeping the entire population hostage, poisoning it with its toxic breath.

2020 is almost finally over. For many this has been a challenging year, which brought not only a global pandemic but also an infodemic: an unprecedented flood of false or inaccurate information about the coronavirus.