Coronavirus disinformation: Moscow overplays its hand
By EU vs Disinfo
Russian authorities face criticism from the side of the EU and the US as a result of disinformation in connection with...
Disinformers take advantage of COVID-19 crisis
By Delfi
“Pharmaceutical industry denies the fact that vitamin C kills coronavirus”, “Lithuania has chosen natural selection – only the strongest will survive”, “NATO “helps”...
Kremlin propaganda demonizing NATO efforts
By Ernestas Taranas, for Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis
Recently NATO has experienced a series of hits to its structural integrity and has proved to...
Update: Sputnik falsely says Boris Johnson on lung ventilation
By Polygraph
Sputnik NewsRussian state-owned media outlet"Johnson will undergo artificial lung ventilation, a source close to the UK healthcare authorities told Sputnik later. “ Source:...
Bizarre in Belarus: Tractors, farms and other weird coronavirus ‘cures’
By Polygraph
Alexander LukashenkaPresident of Belarus“People on tractors are working, nobody is talking about the virus. There the tractors will cure everybody. The field cures...
Misleading Mashup: Russia’s COVID-19 ‘Aid’ to U.S.
By Polygraph
Dmitry Peskovthe Kremlin’s Press Secretary“’Against the background of the severe epidemiological situation in America, the Russian side offered assistance in the form of...
Coronavirus: BBC challenges Pro-Kremlin reporting from Italy
By EU vs Disinfo
Moscow’s help to Italy in connection with the coronavirus has been covered extensively, both in international and in Russian media.
In Russia,...
Throwing coronavirus disinfo at the wall to see what sticks
By EU vs Disinfo
The EUvsDisinfo database has been accumulating coronavirus-related disinformation cases for more than two months – it’s time to take a look...
Disinformation, opportunism, and gaslighting: COVID-19 as a vector for Chinese influence in Central Europe
By Louis Cox-Brusseau, for CEPA
The outbreak of COVID-19 has starkly exposed most countries’ unpreparedness for combating a global pandemic. Geopolitical weaknesses, too, are laid...
Figure of the week: 203
By EU vs Disinfo
Facebook and Instagram have removed a total of 203 accounts
linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency that were operating out of...