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Pro-Kremlin actors opt to ignore Ukraine's successful counter-offensive in Kharkiv oblast
Despite Ukraine’s recent military advance in Kharkiv oblast, there was a notable silence from Kremlin propagandists as few attempted to...
Sep 28, 2022


Kremlin propagandists seek to refute Ukrainian military successes on the front line
The Ukrainian military offensive was a key focus of Kremlin propagandists in Estonia, who sought to reject Ukraine's battlefield...
Sep 20, 2022


Disinformation actors blame the West for rising inflation and push claims of 'Russophobia'
Disinformation actors in Lithuania continued to focus on the global economic crisis, blaming the West for rising inflation, while in...
Sep 14, 2022


Economic Sanctions in the Discourse of Pro-Kremlin Messengers
In the context of invasion to Ukraine, narratives about the Western sanctions against Russia are an even more prevalent topic than ever -...
Sep 9, 2022


Pro-Kremlin actors stoke energy crisis fears to fight back against economic sanctions
In Latvia and Lithuania, pro-Kremlin voices primarily focused on public concern regarding the current energy crisis in an effort to drive...
Sep 8, 2022


Pro-Kremlin Wikipedia alternative off to a rough start
Member-only pages, restrictive content policies, and a lack of transparency: Runiversalis is a wiki in name only. Encyclopedia...
Sep 5, 2022


Pro-Kremlin messengers use decontextualized report to spread claims of Ukrainian war crimes
In Lithuania, the frontline of the Russia-Ukraine war has become the focus for pro-Kremlin messengers with allegations of Ukrainian war...
Sep 2, 2022


Disinformation actors exploit economic crisis to attack support for Ukrainian aid
New narratives seek to exploit current economic woes in Latvia, asserting that continued humanitarian and military support for Ukraine is...
Aug 29, 2022


Disinformation actors focus on topics ranging from the events of the Russia-Ukraine war to refugees
In Lithuania, disinformation actors are turning their attention to the events of the Russia-Ukraine war but the Kaliningrad transit...
Aug 18, 2022


Back to the (Soviet) basics: Ukrainian biolabs and dirty bombs in the Kremlin’s propaganda
The conspiracy theory about Ukrainian army developing bioweapons and aspiring to acquire a 'dirty bomb' became a culprit of the Kremlin...
Aug 11, 2022


Refugees, sanctions, and military aid became targets of Kremlin disinformation about war in Ukraine
In its alternative universe, where the invasion to Ukraine is not actually an act of war but a 'special military operation', the Kremlin...
Jul 29, 2022


Russian diplomatic accounts spread questionable story about anti-Russian stickers at Auschwitz
On June 23, the Russian Arms Control Delegation in Vienna claimed that anti-Russian stickers had appeared at the Auschwitz-Birkenau...
Jul 14, 2022


How ordinary Russians were turned into murderers and rapists through TV and smartphones
Article by: Liubov Tsybulska Speaking at a meeting of the UN Security Council on 21 June 2022, information warfare expert Liubov...
Jun 30, 2022


'Think about that… twice': Tracking Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour on Lithuanian social media
In view of the increasingly discussed problem of Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour (CIB) and the widespread activity of bots on social...
Jun 16, 2022


Coining lies. Kremlin spreads 1.5 Billion per year to spread disinformation and propaganda
In democratic countries, media is referred to as “the fourth estate”. However, this term does not apply to Russia, where the media is...
Jun 13, 2022


Alternative universe: Kremlin TV prepped its Russian audience for a full-scale invasion to Ukraine
In the weeks leading up to the invasion to Ukraine, Kremlin propaganda apparatus went out its way to convince domestic audiences that...
Jun 7, 2022


In Kremlin’s spider web - social media analysis of the migrant crisis disinformation on Facebook
Comprehensive analysis of the networks of profiles, pages, and groups on social media has shown that Facebook pages and groups, which...
May 12, 2022


Yearly review: Kremlin media defends Belarusian NPP as its own offspring
Throughout the year of 2021, a widespread network of Kremlin-affiliated media was utilised to cover up multiple accidents and divert any...
May 6, 2022


As falsehoods about BelNPP spread, Kremlin media claims that cold-ridden Baltics are asking for help
With the temperatures in the region reaching sub-zero level, Latvia and Estonia are asking for Russia's help and persuading Lithuania to...
Feb 8, 2022


Pro-Kremlin media uses 30th anniversary of USSR collapse to ignite nostalgia towards the Soviet era
During the months leading up to the 30th anniversary of the USSR dissolution, various Kremlin-related Russian media outlets tend to...
Jan 14, 2022
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