Debunker: 'Ukraine is preparing a dirty bomb'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Russia claims that Ukraine is preparing a so-called ‘dirty bomb’, a conventional munition containing...
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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...
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...
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: 'NATO threatens Russia on its borders'
WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Kremlin officials, propagandists, pro-Kremlin media are systematically spreading a narrative that ‘NATO...
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....
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...
Over a third of Kremlin war propaganda has centred on battlefield developments
Events on the Russia-Ukraine front line accounted for 36% of all war-related disinformation. A significant portion of the narratives...