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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...

‘Merciful’ Belarus uses migrants to accuse Lithuania and Poland of using methods close to ‘fascism’

A major increase in tension on the border with Belarus in the beginning of November has accelerated the spread of false claims –...

Supported by the Kremlin in the information war, Lukashenko started dropping hints of a nuclear one

After a major crackdown at the Belarusian border with Poland in the beginning of November, known disinformation sources were publishing...

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

Hybrid attack organized by the Belarusian state involves not only using migrants as a means of political pressure, but also aiming...

By spreading disinformation, Minsk shifts the blame for increased migrant flow towards the West

As Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland grapple with a dramatic influx of illegal migration on the border with Belarus, the latter has started a...

False narratives about the surge of migrants used to portray Lithuania as a failed state

In the beginning of September, hostile media sought to deflect the attention by comparing living conditions of the migrants in Lithuania...

Kremlin media asserts that Poland betrayed Lithuania and plans to build a new NPP in Kaliningrad

In July, after the automatic security system was launched, the first unit of the Belarusian NPP was shut down once again – however,...

Gas wars. Clash between Nord Stream 2, Baltic Pipe and US LNG in pro-Kremlin disinformation

Pro-Kremlin media outlets present Nord Stream 2 projects as a gift for Europe, which will not survive without Russian support. They...

"COVID-19 is a tool for control" and other disinformation narratives escalate distrust in vaccines

Analysis of COVID-19 disinformation throughout the month of June has shown an increasingly present disinformation on social networks,...

“World saviours”: Russia leads the fight against COVID-19, Belarus provides Sputnik V to neighbors

In addition to the wide-spread network of propaganda channels, high level officials of the Kremlin regime often amplify disinformation...

One plane and a lot of noise. Pro-Kremlin disinformation about forced landing in Minsk

On May 23, the Belarusian authorities forced the landing of a Ryanair passenger plane with a pro-democratic Belarusian opposition...

Anatomy of Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Poland

Covid-19 pandemic is fertile soil for the spread of conspiracy theories. The fear it causes, uncertainty of the source of the virus,...

Polish-Belarusian war of memory – topic of Cursed Soldiers in disinformation against Poland

Disinformation based on controversial, problematic elements of history is particularly difficult to assess. In Poland, the topic that was...

Vassals of the West: tensions surrounding Navalny case provoke allegations of foreign interference

February continued the trends set in the beginning of the year, as major disinformation flow triggers included tensions around Alexey...

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. Poland was presented as a Russophobic and...

‘Non-existent Russian threat’ and suppression of free speech dominate the disinformation landscape

The year of 2021 has started with Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland increasingly targeted with allegations of human rights...

Escalation of accusations targeting Poland as a Russophobic state

At the very beginning of 2021, Poland was presented as a failing state in relations to its foreign policies. Military security and Polish...

Baltic countries and Poland face accusations of Russophobia and mishandling COVID-19

The end of 2020 witnessed the reach of disinformation targeting the Baltic countries and Poland growing rapidly. The alarming trend was...

Poland's foreign policies and response to the pandemic became targets of disinformation

All over the month, Poland’s response to the coronavirus pandemic triggered a flow of disinformation, with the special focus on the...

Kremlin-related media accuses the West for deliberately discrediting Russian vaccine

Continuous introduction of strict anti-COVID measures have spurred yet another wave of disinformation. False/misleading narratives are...