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EUvsDisinfo - Waiting for another offensive
As different Christian faiths celebrate Easter, the Russian so-called spring offensive in Ukraine has slogged on without making...
Apr 20, 2023


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...
Apr 5, 2023


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...
Mar 1, 2023


Facebook content moderation inconsistencies in the context of war in Ukraine
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, social activists, opinion leaders, journalists and ordinary civic-minded people have noticed a...
Feb 21, 2023


Bot accounts spread the vision of the “Russian World” on social media platforms
An analysis of the Facebook page ‘Russkaya Litva’ (Russian Lithuania), showed an entire network of interconnected accounts has been...
Feb 14, 2023


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,...
Feb 3, 2023


How the Hungarian Regime Supports Russian Aggression in Ukraine
Source: Visegrad Insight The Hungarian regime does not hide its political partnership with Russia, and in 2022 the state also announced...
Jan 17, 2023


Calls for Unconditional Peace in Ukraine: Should We Trust Them?
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, propositions and demands for peace have become an integral part of daily...
Jan 10, 2023


FIREHOSE OF FALSEHOOD
Behind the Pro-Kremlin, Conspiracy and Alt-right Disinformation Ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe. Who conducts and trumpets the...
Dec 27, 2022


Advertisements of more than 300 brands detected on portals spreading disinformation
Around the world, disinformation-spreading websites receive a large portion of their income by showing advertisements. The ads of...
Dec 15, 2022


Pro-Kremlin disinformation targeting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
In Lithuania and the Russian-language segment of Baltic media, anti-sanctions messaging has been particularly strong due to the...
Dec 1, 2022


FROM DUSK TO DAWN
A documentary film From Dusk to Dawn (50 minutes), directed by Agnieszka Ostrowska, CIR's programme director, tells the story of...
Nov 18, 2022


Resilience Against Disinformation: A New Baltic Way to Follow?
Lithuanian people take part in a traditional relay race Vilnius-Riga-Tallinn dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way at the...
Nov 16, 2022


Pro-Kremlin propagandists increase nuclear weapons rhetoric
No single narrative dominated the disinformation landscape in the Baltics this week, with propagandists largely pursuing existing themes....
Nov 11, 2022


Russian outlets steadily increased claims that Ukraine will start a war
Russian media mentions of “Ukrainian aggression” narratives increased 50 percent in January 2022 compared with the two prior months. A...
Nov 8, 2022


Pro-Kremlin disinformation focuses on Russia-Ukraine battlefield developments
Kremlin propagandists mainly pursued existing narratives regarding events on the Russia-Ukraine front line, ranging from claims that...
Nov 7, 2022


Pro-Kremlin actors attempt to justify Russia's missile bombardment of populated areas
The October 10th missile attacks across Ukraine were a key feature of disinformation in Latvia and Lithuania, with attempts to justify...
Nov 4, 2022


Anti-refugee propagandists target economic concerns and fears of cultural “Ukrainization”
Anti-Ukrainian refugee disinformation mainly targets people’s financial concerns in Latvia and Lithuania, while it focuses more on...
Oct 28, 2022


Kremlin propagandists warmly welcome Elon Musk’s ‘peace strategy’ tweets
While disinformation actors predominately focused on front line developments, with well-rehearsed claims that the West is provoking the...
Oct 21, 2022


Pro-Kremlin actors accuse the West of 'sabotaging' the Nord Stream gas pipelines
The explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines saw Kremlin propagandists seize the opportunity to sow division among Western nations by...
Oct 20, 2022
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