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Debunker: 'Ukraine is preparing a dirty bomb'

WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: Russia claims that Ukraine is preparing a so-called ‘dirty bomb’, a conventional munition containing...

Debunker: 'The Russian media is free'

WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: One claim often made by pro-Kremlin media outlets is that ‘the mass media in Russia is free.’ They argue...

Debunker: 'Europe cannot cope without Russian gas'

WHAT KREMLIN PROPAGANDISTS SAY: In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU has imposed wide-ranging...

Contrived risk of military escalation pushed by pro-Putin propagandists

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

How Kremlin propagandists have used Soviet monument demolitions to spin claims of 'Russophobia'

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

Over a third of Kremlin war propaganda has centred on battlefield developments

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

Kremlin propaganda takes aim at Western military aid for Ukraine

Disinformation related to military aid has been more prevalent in Ukraine than the countries that provide it. Pro-Russian Telegram...

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...

Kremlin media on the ban of Victory Day: the Baltic States are mental degenerates

Celebration of May 9th, or the Victory Day, has been an important date in Soviet Union, but in the past decades it became a...

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...

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...

'May 9th is celebrated by the victors' and other pillars of pro-Kremlin disinformation

As the commemorations of the Victory Day rolled over Russia, elaborate parades showcasing the military might and accusations of the rise...

Election fraud in Belarus brought a surge of pro-Kremlin propaganda

The events in Belarus, where people are protesting after the implicit falsification of the results of presidential election, were topical...