Articles

In spite of a plethora of social, political, economic and other issues that the citizens of South-East European countries are facing...

Every year in Russia, May 9th is celebrated as "Victory Day" with elaborate ceremonies. However, in Kremlin media, it has become a...

Since the media was compared to a weapon by Russian officials and propagandists on multiple occasions, the increased spending on the...

During the election campaign for municipal councils and mayors, potential attempts to artificially boost the content posted by certain...

Disinformation intended to discredit and undermine support for Ukrainian refugees became more prevalent in mid-2022 as local far-right...

The possibility of the war expanding beyond Ukraine’s borders has received modest attention from Kremlin propagandists. This type of...

Between Summer 2021 and Fall 2022, Debunk.org’s researchers conducted a series of experiments on disinformation and popular social media....

Pro-Russian disinformation aimed at undermining support for sanctions mainly consists of claims that they are ineffective, misguided,...

The condition of Russian speakers or minorities abroad has been a marginal topic outside of the Russian-language disinformation outlets...

Groups and pages on social media have been continuously spreading and amplifying misleading content on four different topics – Russia,...

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, propositions and demands for peace have become an integral part of daily...

Events on the Russia-Ukraine front line accounted for 36% of all war-related disinformation. A significant portion of the narratives...

In Lithuania and the Russian-language segment of Baltic media, anti-sanctions messaging has been particularly strong due to the...

No single narrative dominated the disinformation landscape in the Baltics this week, with propagandists largely pursuing existing themes....

Kremlin propagandists mainly pursued existing narratives regarding events on the Russia-Ukraine front line, ranging from claims that Ukraine

The October 10th missile attacks across Ukraine were a key feature of disinformation in Latvia and Lithuania, with attempts to justify...

Anti-Ukrainian refugee disinformation mainly targets people’s financial concerns in Latvia and Lithuania, while it focuses more on...

While disinformation actors predominately focused on front line developments, with well-rehearsed claims that the West is provoking the...

The explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines saw Kremlin propagandists seize the opportunity to sow division among Western nations by...

Recent developments in the Russia-Ukraine war drew the focus of pro-Kremlin voices in Lithuania, with attempts to legitimize Russia’s...