Fake: Poland shares responsibility for starting WWII
Russia usually engage its whole state apparatus in its propaganda actions, creating one consistent front of disinformation. In the last days, we could have...
Figure of the Week: 37
By EU vs Disinfo
For pro-Kremlin social media the Yellow Vest protests were 37 times more important than the protests in Moscow.
The Russian local election and the protests in...
Russia wants us to be scared
Propaganda war in which Poland unwittingly participates touches also the international cooperation sphere. Russian propagandists through with their actions aim our alliances, trying to...
Iranian media spreads 9/11 conspiracy theories on eve of attacks’ anniversary
By Polygraph
Press TV
Iranian State-Owned Media Outlet
“In 2009, independent research conducted by a team of international scientists discovered, after analyzing some dust samples from the...
Kremlin disinformation this week: Old lies, Jewish bankers, and green dictators
By EU vs Disinfo
Se non è vero, è molto ben trovato – “It might be untrue, but it is very well conceived”. The phrase...
Greetings from the USSR
By EU vs Disinfo
We’re back in 1969. A Soviet sailor drops a message in a bottle from his ship into the Pacific Ocean. Fifty...
One article, many ways to disinform
By EU vs Disinfo
The recent purchase of an anti-tank missile system by Estonia resulted in illogical, threatening and ridiculing narratives by pro-Kremlin media.
The Estonian Defence Forces...
Russian Foreign Ministry denies Red Army brought repression to Bulgaria in 1944
By Polygraph
Maria Zakharova
Spokesperson, Russian Foreign Ministry
“By declaring that the Red Army brought so-called repressions, Bulgaria is engaged in rewriting history. This is a dangerous...
I create “convincing” manipulated images and videos — but quality may not matter much
Bad videos can be persuasive, too.
By Christye Sisson, for NiemanLab
Lots of people — including Congress — are worried about fake videos and imagery distorting...
Putin repeats false narratives on Ukraine at Eastern Economic Forum
By Polygraph
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
“We are not responsible for the Ukraine’s crisis. We did not support the unconstitutional coup in Ukraine, and...