Debunker: 'The Russian media is free'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: One claim often made by pro-Kremlin media outlets is that ‘the mass media in Russia is free.’ They argue...
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Debunker: 'Europe cannot cope without Russian gas'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU has imposed wide-ranging...
Debunker: 'Military aid prolongs the war in Ukraine'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Throughout the Russia-Ukraine war, Kremlin propagandists have consistently promoted the disinformation...
Debunker: 'Military aid is being stolen in Ukraine'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Since the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine has received military aid from a number of its...
Almost two out of three texts about the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in Kremlin media are positive
As Europe marks the 84th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the Russian media continues its efforts to rehabilitate the treaty....
Debunker: The 'Ukraine Nazi' disinformation narrative
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: The 'Nazism' claim is frequently employed to target Ukraine with false accusations that the country and...
Debunker: 'The West is preparing for WWIII'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Kremlin propagandists have promoted the...
Debunker: 'Ukraine is losing the war'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Kremlin propagandists have sought to...
Debunker: 'The EU is controlled by the US'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Russian propagandists have sought to promote the disinformation narrative that ‘the EU is controlled by...
Debunker: 'Russia is unaffected by sanctions'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Since Russia launched its war of aggression in Ukraine in February 2022, the EU has imposed 11 successive...
Debunker: 'NATO threatens Russia on its borders'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Kremlin officials, propagandists, pro-Kremlin media are systematically spreading a narrative that ‘NATO...
Anti-LGBTIQ+ communication on selected South-East European Facebook pages and groups in 2022
In spite of a plethora of social, political, economic and other issues that the citizens of South-East European countries are facing...
Kremlin media: Lithuania is planning a terrorist act at the Kaliningrad border on May 9th
Every year in Russia, May 9th is celebrated as "Victory Day" with elaborate ceremonies. However, in Kremlin media, it has become a...
Kremlin spent 1.9 billion USD on propaganda last year, the budget exceeded by a quarter
Since the media was compared to a weapon by Russian officials and propagandists on multiple occasions, the increased spending on the...
NGOs recorded cases of potential social media manipulation during municipal election campaign
During the election campaign for municipal councils and mayors, potential attempts to artificially boost the content posted by certain...
Populist politicians provoke vitriol against Ukrainian refugees
Disinformation intended to discredit and undermine support for Ukrainian refugees became more prevalent in mid-2022 as local far-right...
Contrived risk of military escalation pushed by pro-Putin propagandists
The possibility of the war expanding beyond Ukraine’s borders has received modest attention from Kremlin propagandists. This type of...
Rabbit Holes and Echo Chambers: Experimenting with YouTube
Between Summer 2021 and Fall 2022, Debunk.org’s researchers conducted a series of experiments on disinformation and popular social media....
Almost a fifth of pro-Kremlin disinformation targets economic sanctions
Pro-Russian disinformation aimed at undermining support for sanctions mainly consists of claims that they are ineffective, misguided,...
How Kremlin propagandists have used Soviet monument demolitions to spin claims of 'Russophobia'
The condition of Russian speakers or minorities abroad has been a marginal topic outside of the Russian-language disinformation outlets...
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