Russian influence in the media sectors of the Black Sea countries
The report explores Russia’s corporate presence and influence in the media sectors of five Black Sea countries (Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia) by providing deeper understanding of the links between media ownership and anti-Western propaganda and disinformation.
What approaches are in play for fighting misinformation? Let us count the ways
In March 2017, the Knight Foundation, Democracy Fund, and the Rita Allen Foundation hosted a prototype open call for ideas on countering misinformation, which attracted 830 submissions.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: Russia created fake independent news sites in the Baltics
State-owned Russian news agency financed three seemingly-independent news sites in the Baltic countries that were instructed to produce pro-Kremlin content.
Fake: US Tells Ukraine to Give Up on Crimea
Moskovskyi Komsomolets and other Russian media featured stories based on an American magazine article claiming that the US is telling Kyiv to give up on returning Crimea to Ukrainian control.
UK’s Skripal evidence obliterates hollow Russian propaganda
The morning after the OPCW confirmed that Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley had been poisoned by novichok in the aftermath of the attack on Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Britain’s Metropolitan Police issued a…
Potemkin Videos
The story about Russia’s 18th Century “Potemkin villages” is well known also outside Russia. When Catherine the Great travelled with foreign dignitaries to inspect the Russian Empire’s newly conquered southern…
Fake: Ending Trade with Russia is Killing Ukraine’s Economy
Ukraine’s economy will not survive cutting off trade with Russia declared Ukrainian MP Vadim Rabinovich. A member of the pro-Russia Opposition Block faction, Rabinovich regularly claims that the Free Trade…
Russian State TV Channel Airs New Program Devoted to Putin
MOSCOW — A Russian state-owned television channel has a new weekly current affairs program devoted to President Vladimir Putin. The first episode of "Moscow. Kremlin.
Non-Google search engine launches a news module based on “diverse, quality sources”
Look, it’s completely understandable that you might feel like skipping a story about Bing, the Microsoft-owned search engine that has a market share of just around 7 percent in the U.S.
Disinformation and Paranoia
Do Russians actually believe the disinformation they see on the national TV channels? Or do they rather take it with a grain of salt?