Putin and Trump understand propaganda; their liberal opponents don’t, Moscow commentator says
An anonymous commentator on Telegram’s Red Zion channel who was picked up today by Novyye izvestiya says that both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump understand how and why propaganda works while their liberal…
Scottish sheriff slams Russia’s fake justice system
Russian state witnesses used ad hominem attacks and whataboutism - standard tactics by Vladimir Putin’s regime – in a failed attempt to achieve the extradition of Russian businessman Alexander Shapovalov from Scotland.
What Putin says about rights and freedoms in Russia vs. the facts
“Our mass media is free. People are free to speak out and make a name for themselves as representatives of many political movements do.
Kremlin Watch Briefing: DisinfoPortal.org and Belt and Road Tracker launched, East Stratcom still needed
New projects to follow: Atlantic Council’s DisinfoPortal.org and MERICS’s Belt and Road Tracker. Lithuanian MEP Laima Andrikiene: We still need East Stratcom against Kremlin trolls; the EU’s response has been dangerously inadequate.
Russian journalist forced to resign for criticizing pro-Putin propaganda on Instagram
On May 24, 2018, reporter Alexandra Terikova was forced to resign for posting an Instagram video of kindergarten students singing a song for Russian president Vladimir Putin and then giving an interview about it to an independent channel.
Austrian TV confronts Putin with the issue of disinformation
Ahead of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Vienna on 5 June – his first trip to the EU after he was re-elected – Austria’s national public service broadcaster, ORF, sent journalist Armin Wolf to Moscow to record an interview with the Russian president.
Fake: Hungary To Shoot down Ukrainian Airline
Russian media reported last week that Hungary sent fighter jets in pursuit of a Ukrainian aircraft that had violated the country’s airspace.
Zika rumors got three times more shares than real Zika stories. What can health...
The growing stream of reporting on and data about fake news, misinformation, partisan content, and news literacy is hard to keep up with. This weekly roundup offers the highlights of what you might have missed.
Putin says Russia has not left the G-7 – not true
“We did not leave it , our colleagues refused to come to Russia due to known reasons at some point. Please, we will be glad to see everyone in Moscow.
Disinfo analysis: Macedonia – to be or not to be… Russia’s satellite
The small Balkan nation of Macedonia is increasingly a destination for the Kremlin’s political strategists, the ideologists of Russian exceptionalism and Moscow’s Orthodox mission in the Slavic world and in Eurasia.