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Elections are battlefields for the Kremlin: go after the leaders European elections

Elections are battlefields for the Kremlin: go after the leaders

Russian state and pro-Kremlin outlets have turned up a campaign to influence and manipulate elections to the European Parliament in June. One technique is to smear key leaders. Follow our series of articles ahead of the elections.

“The very fact you are a journalist is a direct threat to the occupiers and that is why they are persecuting us” Interview with Svitlana Zalizetska Interview

“The very fact you are a journalist is a direct threat to the occupiers and that is why they are persecuting us” Interview with Svitlana Zalizetska

Svitlana Zalizetska, a Ukrainian journalist from Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, has been writing about life in her city under Russian occupation for over two years. We talked to Svitlana about her work during the occupation, the terror that the Russian occupiers spread, and the challenges that journalists in the occupied territories currently face.

Building a false façade News and Analysis

Building a false façade

EEAS in collaboration with Spanish authorities uncovered a network of manipulative websites with links to Russia, aiming to launder disinformation directed at Western audiences.

Turning the war into a crusade Disinformation Review

Turning the war into a crusade

Moscow is doing all it can to ruin hopes for peace and build a crescendo ahead of Putin’s re-coronation on 7 May and the traditional WWII victory parade on 9 May.

Tinker, tailor, busted Russian spy Disinformation Review

Tinker, tailor, busted Russian spy

The hard, painful, pointy end of oncoming consequences has hit the Kremlin. Their foot soldiers got caught red-handed in Germany and Poland, and international aid for Ukraine flows again.

In Kazakhstan and Central Asia the Kremlin cries “Russophobia”! News and Analysis

In Kazakhstan and Central Asia the Kremlin cries “Russophobia”!

The deadly Crocus City Hall attack drew the world’s attention to Central Asia, where the pro-Kremlin disinformation machine is contaminating the information space with classic disinfo narratives, tested in other parts of the world.

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Cases in the EUvsDisinfo database focus on messages in the international information space that are identified as providing a partial, distorted, or false depiction of reality and spread key pro-Kremlin messages. This does not necessarily imply, however, that a given outlet is linked to the Kremlin or editorially pro-Kremlin, or that it has intentionally sought to disinform. EUvsDisinfo publications do not represent an official EU position, as the information and opinions expressed are based on media reporting and analysis of the East Stratcom Task Force.

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