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  • 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 According to Debunk.org, almost two-thirds of the articles on the subject found in the Kremlin's media and condemning their crimes against humanity, has greatly intensified the efforts of the pro-Kremlin media was portrayed in the pro-Kremlin media in 2023 and in what context. Such sentiments are becoming the norm in Russian media channels.

  • Kremlin media claims closed Ignalina NPP to be a bigger ecological threat than the one in Astravets

    Among the changes that could be observed in the rhetoric of the pro-Kremlin media, the narrative of withdrawal turning into an ecological disaster for the whole region appeared and was spread actively by hostile media The second trigger that caused the biggest stir in the pro-Kremlin media stemmed from the alleged hacked and various pro-Kremlin media websites like EADaily.ru, Sputniknews.ru, Rubaltic.ru spread the message Articles published by the pro-Kremlin media sources covered the largest scope of the analysed data.

  • Kremlin media: Lithuania risks Baltic unity by forbidding allies to import energy from Belarus

    narratives emerged in the pro-Kremlin media. If in December, the pro-Kremlin media was dominated more by a defensive stance, trying to divert attention In the pro-Kremlin media, the position of the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy was interpreted as a search According to the pro-Kremlin media, the fierce resistance of Lithuania and efforts to implement a full sources (large media outlets or channels) that differs in terms of quality and reach (e. g. one article

  • Not just for fun. How memes spread disinformation on Covid-19?

    It takes a short scroll through a news feed on any social media platform to stumble upon a meme. vaccines and other measures to contain the virus, accusing the media of spreading false information, Media exaggerates the threat of Covid-19 Systemic media became yet another target of misleading memes Similar to the anti-vaccine narratives, negative information about mainstream media outlets has been , or social media pages to grow their popularity and share fabricated or manipulated information about

  • 2020 came to an end with an escalated disinformation flow about Latvia

    Disinformation flow and peaks were triggered by one main event covered in various Russia’s media sources corresponding journalists tried to bypass the EU sanctions set on Dmitry Kiselyov, general director of media Kremlin-funded media reacted on this event enormously – with almost 200 articles - promoting Latvia’s This, together with representation of the situation in the largest Russian media platforms, increased , one of mainampasauli.news articles in the top 10 list by greatest social interactions.

  • As falsehoods about BelNPP spread, Kremlin media claims that cold-ridden Baltics are asking for help

    These and similar loud statements were shared by pro-Kremlin media channels in December. In December 2021, the pro-Kremlin media often repeated the inaccurate message that Lithuania opposes In fact, this one and most of the other narratives used by the Kremlin-affiliated media proactively sought Latvia and Estonia are willing to ask Russia to increase exports to the Baltic states, the pro-Kremlin media There were two more peaks disinformation throughout the month.

  • Disinformation actors assert that by aiding Ukraine the Baltics provoke Russia

    For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Estonian media LATVIA Overview: Over the previous week, and as previously observed, Latvian-language pro-Kremlin social media segments produced only a few stories related to the war in Ukraine, which attracted modest audience For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Latvian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Lithuanian media

  • Blame shifting game. Navalny case used by pro-Kremlin media to undermine Polish foreign policy

    In February, one major topic flogged media outlets analysed by Debunk EU – the Navalny case. Throughout February, Debunk EU experts spotted 835 articles with disinformation and 43 with misinformation process by Debunk EU, especially inclusion of Facebook groups and pages as well as Russian-language media Compared to previous months of analyse increase of 16% were noted, thus disinformation and misinformation Due to this improvement diversification of media outlets was spotted.

  • Political unrest in Belarus keeps fuelling disinformation against Baltic states

    country still influences coverage about neighbouring Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in pro-Kremlin media The analysis has shown that negative rhetoric towards Lithuania also grew sharper: “Pro-Kremlin media High number of social interactions also confirms the importance of this topic: top 10 disinformation/ misinformation articles in terms of social interactions in Lithuania concerned Belarus. However, it was rubaltic.ru which generated the biggest number of social interactions.

  • Almost a fifth of pro-Kremlin disinformation targets economic sanctions

    Pro-Russian disinformation aimed at undermining support for sanctions mainly consists of claims that Report collates insight drawn from the monitoring of narratives trending across pro-Kremlin sites and social media across eleven countries in Central and Eastern Europe, as they relate to Russia’s war in Ukraine MOST (North Macedonia), Fakenews.pl (Poland), Slovak Security Policy Institute (Slovakia), Detector Media

  • Georgia’s mass vaccination plans were challenged by a widespread disinformation campaign

    Vaccine-related mis/disinformation has been widely circulating in Georgian social and online media. One of the primary targets of coronavirus related dis/misinformation has been the Covid-19 vaccines. In total, around 61% of the dis/misinformation detected where Facebook content, while online media amounted The biggest amount of content pieces identified as dis/misinformation came from tvm.ge - a media with It should be noted that a significant part of the disinformation narratives spread in Georgian social

  • Pro-Kremlin disinformation focuses on Russia-Ukraine battlefield developments

    The following overview summarises developments in disinformation narratives monitored in Estonia, Latvia For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Estonian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Latvian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Lithuanian media MOST (North Macedonia), Fakenews.pl (Poland), Slovak Security Policy Institute (Slovakia), Detector Media

  • Noticeable growth of disinformation in January as Lithuania is portrayed as politically failed state

    misleading information spread by pro-Kremlin and non-systemic Lithuanian language media in January has The pro-Kremlin media not only sought to show that Lithuania cannot ensure effective vaccination but Analysis disclosed that disinformation flow in three pro-Kremlin media outlets – sputniknews.ru and baltnews.lt Although disinformation distributed by non-systemic Lithuanian media outlets constitutes minor share of detected cases, articles in Lithuanian reached most social interactions on Facebook.

  • Latvia had the widest spread of COVID-19 related disinformation in May

    alone reached more than 49.2 million contacts through web pages, and yet 42.4 thousand contacts through social media. wrong ones: celebration of VictoryDay in Latvia” got 3706 reactions, 536 shares and 353 comments on social media. 60% of all articles were published in Russian language, one fifth of the disinformation was published According to him, this process is closely related to the local media’s attention to the pandemic.

  • The largest disinformation and scam attack ever recorded in Lithuania. Part I

    The content is usually related to widely covered, scandalous, and socially sensitive topics in the media In this way, gullible and less financially literate users of social networks are easily drawn into fake In order to increase the visibility of fake media articles, scammers create fake Facebook profiles that and presented through the prism of luck, tragedy or the unexpected, thus targeting less literate or socially profit sense Pump Oil Oil Pump Kvantinė uždarbio sistema PART 1: FACEBOOK PROFILES PRETENDING TO BE MEDIA

  • Alleged territorial claims and anti-Russian policies fuelled disinformation in Estonia

    Throughout the month of January pro-Kremlin media focused on two disinformation narratives against Estonia : that it is making claims to Russian territory and the rights Russian media and the minorities are discriminated The pro-Kremlin media presents this as Estonia making official claims to reclaim the territory listed That narrative was increased by the claims that Russian media and minorities are persecuted in Estonia became clear that three pro-Kremlin sources, baltnews.ee, rubaltic.ru and ri.ru, were the top three media

  • Expulsion of Russian diplomat and Estonian intelligence report fuelled disinformation in February

    Throughout the month of February pro-Kremlin media focused on two disinformation narratives against Estonia One example is the pro-Kremlin media’s misinterpretation of the publication of the intelligence yearbook Pro- Kremlin media predominantly focused on the part of the publication where Russia is referred to as that three pro-Kremlin sources, baltnews.ee, sputniknews.ru and news-front.info, were the top three media . · Truly Media - collaboration platform developed to support primarily journalists in the verification

  • Disinformation actors exploit economic crisis to attack support for Ukrainian aid

    On social media, the Estonian agitator/political activist Aivo Peterson incited Russians in Estonia to For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Estonian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Latvian media For comparison, the most interacted with individual Ukraine-related article across all Lithuanian media MOST (North Macedonia), Fakenews.pl (Poland), Slovak Security Policy Institute (Slovakia), Detector Media

  • Lukashenko uses Kremlin’s playbook to spread disinformation about the surge of migrants

    DebunkEU.org analysts looked through 2797 content pieces from migrant linked Facebook groups, online media outlets of the origin countries of the migrants and regional hostile media sources. This statement was republished by the whole apparatus of Belarusian state-related media (27 articles The analysis has shown that RIA Novosti, a part of Russia’s state funded media group Rossiya Segodnya , which controls the Sputnik network amongst others, again topped the list of media sources in terms

  • Claims that Latvia violates human rights dominate disinformation landscape in January

    The narrative on human rights violations dominated the disinformation panorama about Latvia false and misleading articles portraying the country as allegedly violating freedom of expression or limiting the media The disinformation scope gave impressive numbers. pro-Kremlin media outlets. This story gained completely new shades in January when Russia's state-controlled media outlet started

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