Coronavirus declining, Ukraine on the rise
Despite the WWII anniversary approaching, there have been relatively few disinformation cases this week touching on history.
Pro-Kremlin site declares remdesivir a failure, links to bogus lab conspiracy
“The first clinical trial on remdesivir, an experimental medication by the company Gilead Sciences, which has been seen as one of the promising and most successful medications in treating coronavirus, proved a failure.
Russian radicals turn Trump into a hero of the “Holy War”
Kseniya Kirillova explores how the more extreme Coronavirus conspiracy theories emanating from Russia are created for export to US Ultra Conservatives. the first half of April, BBC News prepared material that…
EEAS special report update: short assessment of narratives and disinformation around the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic...
Note: The objective of this report is to provide a snapshot overview of the current trends and insights into disinformation activities related to COVID-19/Coronavirus.
Flattening the curve
Are Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Outlets Disenchanted with the Coronavirus? The COVID-19 outbreak is still the dominating topic in the pro-Kremlin disinformation ecosystem, and the outbreak itself continues to…
Are there 19 coronaviruses? Correcting a Trump adviser
“This is COVID-19, not COVID-1, folks. You would think that people charged with the World Health Organization facts and figures would be on top of that.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Post-COVID world & Russia
Handbook on Cyber, Information, Intelligence and Personal Security Threats from Foreign Authoritarian Regimes, Domestic Oppression, and Harassment in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova This report follows a year of…
Disinformation targets Boris Johnson’s state of health
Journalistic investigation: RIA Novosti’s claims about the U.K. prime minister’s condition were the result of centralised coordination in Moscow.
Pro-Kremlin classic and RT Arabic featuring Bill Gates
From playing the good old “no evidence“ card to spreading as many as 117 different Arabic language websites. This week, EUvsDisinfo added 45 new cases of pro-Kremlin disinformation to the database; 30 of these were related to the coronavirus.
NTV Fakes: How COVID-19 Is Affecting Ukraine
Recently Russian state owned (Gazprom Media) TV channel NTV devoted a segment to the coronavirus pandemic in Ukraine featuring the best practices of Kremlin propaganda.